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Afternoon Delight! 5-20 vs. Rays


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Gametime:  12:35 pm

Forecast:  Summerlike, mid to high 80s

MatchupRich Hill (L) vs Dean Kremer (R)

Lineups

1. Randy Arozarena (R) DH
2. Austin Meadows (L) LF
3. Ji-Man Choi (L) 1B
4. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B
5. Yandy Diaz (R) 3B
6. Joey Wendle (L) SS
7. Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF
8. Francisco Mejia (S) C
9. Brett Phillips (L) RF
 
1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF
2. Austin Hays (R) LF
3. Trey Mancini (R) DH
4. Pedro Severino (R) C
5. Maikel Franco (R) 3B
6. Freddy Galvis (S) SS
7. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B
8. Pat Valaika (R) 2B
9. Ryan McKenna (R) RF

Orioles Bench
Chance Sisco (L)
DJ Stewart (L)
Stevie Wilkerson (S)

Orioles Bullpen (last used)

 Available
       Keegan Akin* (3.1 IP, 50p Saturday)
       Tanner Scott* (0.1 IP, 6p last night;  0.1 IP, 10p Sunday)
       Cesar Valdez (1.0 IP, 22p Sunday)
 
Maybe  Available:
       Adam Plutko (0.1 IP, 10p last night;  started and went 1.0 IP, 24p Sunday)
 
Probably Not Available
       Shawn Armstrong (2.0 IP, 36 p Tuesday)
       Travis Lakins (1.1 IP, 36 p Tuesday)         
       Tyler Wells (2.1 IP, 35p Tuesday)
 
Not Available
       Paul Fry* (0.2 IP 31 p last night; 1.0 IP, 7p Sunday)       
       Cole Sulser (1.1 IP, 12p last night; 1.2 IP, 24p Tuesday)
 
*Lefthanders noted by asterisk     
 
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Just now, Moose Milligan said:

I'm not ready to write off Dean Kremer but I almost am.

Still early....had been pitching better but to give credit to TB, they look unstoppable at the plate.  Once they scored three off of Means last night, I felt like we wouldn't hold their bats down and we didn't.  

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Wendle's HR is a good summary of what's wrong with major league baseball. A non-power hitter putting a good swing on a ball that should have been put in play. Instead, it's a home run. Yawn.

Ben seems to think that a team's propensity to hit home runs isn't affected by where they're playing. The Rays were second in the AL in road HRs last year, and just tied the NYYS for second in road HRs this year.

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