masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgDJ Stewart stays in right field and bats seventh tonight as the Orioles try to win their series against the Tigers.
Dwight Smith Jr. is in left field and batting fifth, followed by Keon Broxton. Hanser Alberto continues to lead off and Trey Mancini is playing first base in Chris Davis’ absence.
Austin Wynns is behind the plate tonight.
Alberto is batting .414 (24-for-58) against left-handed pitching, the highest average in the majors. He’s hitting .391 (9-for-23) with three doubles, one home…

DJ Stewart stays in right field and bats seventh tonight as the Orioles try to win their series against the Tigers.

Dwight Smith Jr. is in left field and batting fifth, followed by Keon Broxton. Hanser Alberto continues to lead off and Trey Mancini is playing first base in Chris Davis’ absence.

Austin Wynns is behind the plate tonight.

Alberto is batting .414 (24-for-58) against left-handed pitching, the highest average in the majors. He’s hitting .391 (9-for-23) with three doubles, one home run, and four RBIs in six games in the leadoff spot.

Jonathan Villar is 9-for-20 (.450) in his last five games.

Means-Delivers-White-Sidebar.jpgLeft-hander John Means is 5-4 with a 2.96 ERA and 1.171 WHIP in 12 games (eight starts). He hasn’t topped five innings in his last two starts, but he also hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of his four outings this month.

None of the Tigers have a plate appearance against Means.

The Orioles are facing their third left-hander in a row and the fourth in five games with the Tigers sending Ryan Carpenter to the mound.

Carpenter is 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in three starts. He’s allowed 14 earned runs (16 total) and 18 hits with five home runs in 14 innings. Carpenter has a career 7.93 ERA and 1.651 WHIP in nine career games.

None of the Orioles have a plate appearance against Carpenter.

For the Orioles
Hanser Alberto 3B
Jonathan Villar 2B
Trey Mancini 1B
Renato Núñez DH
Dwight Smith Jr. LF
Keon Broxton CF
DJ Stewart RF
Austin Wynns C
Richie Martin SS

John Means LHP

For the Tigers
Niko Goodrum SS
Christin Stewart LF
Nicholas Castellanos DH
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Brandon Dixon RF
Ronny Rodríguez 2B
John Hicks C
Dawel Lugo 3B
JaCoby Jones CF

Ryan Carpenter LHP

Here are the starters for the series against the Giants at Camden Yards:

Friday: Andrew Cashner vs. Drew Pomeranz
Saturday: David Hess vs. Shaun Anderson
Sunday: Gabriel Ynoa vs. Jeff Samardzija

Pomeranz will be the fourth left-hander in a row to face the Orioles and the fifth in six games.

Down on the farm, Triple-A Norfolk infielder Jace Peterson is 11-for-19 with four doubles, a triple, one home and eight RBIs in his last four games.