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Monday April 22: Orioles hit the west coast for the first time all season


SteveA

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Gametime:  9:35 pm EST

Forecast:  61 degrees, cloudy

Roster MoveAustin Hays placed on 10 day IL retroactive to yesterday;  C David Baneulos added to roster.  (Banuelos was with team on the taxi squad; most likely a more suitable replacement for Hays will be flown cross country and take Banuelos' place on the roster tomorrow).   To make room for Banuelos to be added to the 40 man roster, Norfolk OF Peyton Burdick was DFA'd.

MatchupAlbert Suarez (R) vs Reed Detmers (L)

Lineups


 

 

Orioles Bench
David Baneulos (R)
Jackson Holliday (L)
Ryan Mountcastle (R) -- [SPECULATION ONLY:  not being the lineup vs a LHP could be a sign that he is unavailable for some unknown reason]
Ryan O'Hearn (L)

 

Orioles Bullpen

Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.2 IP, 11p Saturday;  0.1 IP, 16p Friday 
Mike Baumann  (R)  0.1 IP, 2p Saturday

Yennier Cano (R)  0.1 IP, 15p Saturday
Craig Kimbrel  (R)  1.0 IP, 9p Saturday
Yohan Ramirez (R)  0.1 IP, 10p Saturday

Maybe Available
Dillon Tate  (R)  1.0 IP, 1p yesterday;  1.0 IP, 20p Friday 
Jacob Webb (R)  0.2 IP, 19p yesterday

Probably Not Available
Danny Coulombe (L) 0.2 IP, 16p yesterday;  0.2 11p Saturday



 

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