masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgBlake Davis is back at second base today.

For the Orioles:
J.J. Hardy SS
Nick Markakis RF
Adam Jones CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Derrek Lee 1B
Luke Scott LF
Mark Reynolds 3B
Blake Davis 2B
Craig Tatum C

Jeremy Guthrie RHP

Guthrie has never faced the Reds. Jonny Gomes is 3-for-7 with a double and home run against him. Scott Rolen is 2-for-15.

Hardy is batting .368 with seven doubles, six homers and 12 RBIs as the leadoff hitter.

Since May 21, Hardy leads major league shortstops in home…Blake Davis is back at second base today.

For the Orioles:
J.J. Hardy SS
Nick Markakis RF
Adam Jones CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Derrek Lee 1B
Luke Scott LF
Mark Reynolds 3B
Blake Davis 2B
Craig Tatum C

Jeremy Guthrie RHP

Guthrie has never faced the Reds. Jonny Gomes is 3-for-7 with a double and home run against him. Scott Rolen is 2-for-15.

Hardy is batting .368 with seven doubles, six homers and 12 RBIs as the leadoff hitter.

Since May 21, Hardy leads major league shortstops in home runs (eight), on-base percentage (.412) and slugging percentage (.612), is second in average (.352) and runs scored (22), and third in RBIs (19).

Markakis has hit in a team season-high 15 straight games, going 27-for-69 (.391) with four doubles, two homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored. It’s the third-longest hitting streak of his career, behind a pair of 17-game streaks (most recently April 13-May 1, 2009).

Jones has at least one RBI in seven straight games.

Reynolds has drawn 15 walks in his last 16 games.

The Orioles are 5-for-37 with runners in scoring position in their last four games.

Single-A Frederick first baseman Tyler Townsend is being activated today from the seven-day disabled list. Townsend was sidelined with a hamstring injury.

For the Reds:
Heisey RF
Phillips 2B
Votto 1B
Gomes DH
Lewis LF
Stubbs CF
Hernandez C
Cairo 3B
Janish SS

Bailey RHP