masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgAnthony Santander is in the Orioles lineup today and playing right field after delivering his second career pinch-hit last night during a four-run rally in the eighth inning.
Austin Hays is in left field and DJ Stewart is on the bench as the Orioles continue their series against the Blue Jays in Buffalo.
Pedro Severino, charged with his seventh passed ball last night, is behind the plate again. Freddy Galvis moves down to sixth in the order.
Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter. Over his…

Anthony Santander is in the Orioles lineup today and playing right field after delivering his second career pinch-hit last night during a four-run rally in the eighth inning.

Austin Hays is in left field and DJ Stewart is on the bench as the Orioles continue their series against the Blue Jays in Buffalo.

Pedro Severino, charged with his seventh passed ball last night, is behind the plate again. Freddy Galvis moves down to sixth in the order.

Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter. Over his last 33 games, he’s batting .328 (40-for-122) with 15 extra-base hits and 29 RBIs.

Cedric Mullins’ 90 hits lead American League outfielders and rank second overall in the league behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 91.

Thumbnail image for Mullins-Mancini-orange-sidebar.jpgLeft-hander Keegan Akin tossed five scoreless innings with three hits on June 4. In the next three starts, he’s allowed 16 runs and 19 hits with 10 walks and 14 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings.

Akin faced the Blue Jays twice last summer and allowed four earned runs and six total in 7 1/3 innings. He walked three batters and struck out 10.

Guerrero and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit home runs on Sept. 27.

The Orioles ended a six-game losing streak and 20-game road losing streak last night with a 6-5, 10-inning win. They haven’t won back-to-back games on the road since April 30-May 1 in Oakland.

Pat Valaika’s bases-loaded walk in the 10th was the team’s first go-ahead, bases-loaded, extra-inning free pass since Seth Smith’s walk-off in the 11th on April 26, 2017 in versus the Rays. It was the first go-ahead, bases-loaded, extra-inning walk on the road since Chris Hoiles in the 11th on July 31, 1997 in Oakland. It’s the fifth in club history.

The Orioles are 2-40 when trailing after the seventh.

Left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu is 6-4 with a 3.25 ERA and 1.084 WHIP in 14 starts. He’s averaging 1.8 walks per nine innings.

Ryu held the Orioles to one run and three hits in seven innings in his last start. Trey Mancini homered.

Mancini struck out four times last night and is in a 4-for-34 slump. He’s struck out nine times in the last five games.

In 45 career games against the Orioles, Randal Grichuk is batting .326 (58-for-178) with 18 doubles, a triple (last night), 19 home runs, 47 RBIs and a 1.122 OPS.

Marcus Semien’s 45 RBIs lead American League second basemen.

For the Orioles
Cedric Mullins CF
Trey Mancini 1B
Ryan Mountcastle DH
Anthony Santander RF
Austin Hays LF
Freddy Galvis SS
Maikel Franco 3B
Pedro Severino C
Pat Valaika 2B

Keegan Akin LHP

For the Blue Jays
Marcus Semien 2B
Bo Bichette SS
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
Teoscar Hernández RF
George Springer CF
Randal Grichuk DH
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
Santiago Espinal 3B
Reese McGuire C

Hyun Jin Ryu LHP