masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgChris Davis is in the Orioles lineup for back-to-back games, playing first base tonight in the series opener against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
Austin Hays remains in center field and is batting second. Trey Mancini, who sat out yesterday’s game with a bruised left thigh, is the designated hitter.
Anthony Santander is the right fielder and he’s batting cleanup. Rio Ruiz moves down to fifth.
Stevie Wilkerson is in left field again tonight.
Chandler Shepherd is making his second start and fourth…

Chris Davis is in the Orioles lineup for back-to-back games, playing first base tonight in the series opener against the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Mancini-Villar-High-Five-Gray-Sidebar.jpgAustin Hays remains in center field and is batting second. Trey Mancini, who sat out yesterday’s game with a bruised left thigh, is the designated hitter.

Anthony Santander is the right fielder and he’s batting cleanup. Rio Ruiz moves down to fifth.

Stevie Wilkerson is in left field again tonight.

Chandler Shepherd is making his second start and fourth appearance with the Orioles. He faced the Blue Jays on Tuesday and allowed three runs in four innings.

Randal Grichuk and Cavan Biggio homered off Shepherd. Grichuk is batting .341/.383/.886 (15-for-44) with six doubles and six home runs against the Orioles this season. Biggio is batting .292/.358/.667 (14-for-48) with a double, triple and five home runs.

Clay Buchholz is facing the Orioles again after starting Wednesday and allowing seven runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Santander and Jonathan Villar homered off him.

Villar is in the lineup again tonight. He hasn’t missed a game in 2019.

Villar’s 38 stolen bases rank third in the majors behind the Mariners’ Mallex Smith (45) and the Royals’ Adalberto Mondesi (43). His steal Saturday night was the 200th of his career.

The Orioles have homered in 16 consecutive games, four short of the club record set from July 17-Aug. 9, 1998.

For the Orioles
Jonathan Villar SS
Austin Hays CF
Trey Mancini DH
Anthony Santander RF
Rio Ruiz 3B
Hanser Alberto 2B
Chris Davis 1B
Stevie Wilkerson LF
Chance Sisco C

Chandler Shepherd RHP

MASNsports.com’s Steve Melewski is in Toronto and I’ll rejoin the team in Boston to close out the season.