masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgThe Orioles will try to end a streak of 10 straight losses to the Twins when they meet again this afternoon at Target Field.
Chris Davis has returned to the lineup. He left the club Wednesday to attend to a personal matter and was on the bench last night, but he’s batting seventh against Twins right-hander José Berríos.
Trey Mancini had three more hits last night and is 14-for-34 with five doubles during an eight-game hitting streak. He’s in right field today, with Dwight Smith Jr. in…

The Orioles will try to end a streak of 10 straight losses to the Twins when they meet again this afternoon at Target Field.

Chris Davis has returned to the lineup. He left the club Wednesday to attend to a personal matter and was on the bench last night, but he’s batting seventh against Twins right-hander José Berríos.

Mancini-Trots-Home-Orange-sidebar.jpgTrey Mancini had three more hits last night and is 14-for-34 with five doubles during an eight-game hitting streak. He’s in right field today, with Dwight Smith Jr. in left and Joey Rickard in center.

Jonathan Villar, who’s is 6-for-17 against the Twins this season, is starting at shortstop while Stevie Wilkerson moves to second base.

Wilkerson made his first major league appearance in center field last night. He’s now played all three outfield spots since the Orioles selected his contract from Triple-A Norfolk.

Dan Straily faced the Twins in Game 1 of last Saturday’s doubleheader and allowed three runs in five innings. Eddie Rosario homered twice and Willians Astudillo once.

Straily’s made one career start at Target Field and allowed one run and three hits over seven innings.

The Twins are 14-9, their best start since 2010. They had their third five-homer game of the season last night.

Nelson Cruz is 15-for-31 with six home runs and 10 RBIs in his last eight games against the Orioles.

The Orioles are listing John Means, Andrew Cashner and Alex Cobb as their starters for the series against the White Sox that begins Monday in Chicago. Means is staying in the rotation for now, with David Hess moving to the bullpen.

On this date in 1968, Tommy Phoebus tossed no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox at Memorial Stadium. The game was delayed 1 hour, 23 minutes by rain and drew only 3,147 fans.

For the Orioles
Jonathan Villar SS
Trey Mancini RF
Dwight Smith Jr. LF
Renato Núñez DH
Rio Ruiz 3B
Joey Rickard CF
Chris Davis 1B
Stevie Wilkerson 2B
Pedro Severino C

Dan Straily RHP

For the Twins
Max Kepler CF
Jorge Polanco SS
Nelson Cruz DH
Eddie Rosario LF
C.J. Cron 1B
Marwin Gonzalez 3B
Willians Astudillo RF
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Jason Castro C

José Berríos RHP