masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgHyun Soo Kim has returned to the Orioles lineup tonight, playing left field and batting seventh against Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez.
Kim hasn’t played since April 8 due to the Orioles facing left-handers and knuckleballer Steven Wright.
Seth Smith is in right field and leading off. Rookie Trey Mancini is on the bench.
Catcher Welington Castillo’s .385 average ranks second in the American League behind the White Sox’s Avisaíl García at .452. Castillo is 10-for-26.
For the…

Hyun Soo Kim has returned to the Orioles lineup tonight, playing left field and batting seventh against Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez.

kim-toronto-gray.jpgKim hasn’t played since April 8 due to the Orioles facing left-handers and knuckleballer Steven Wright.

Seth Smith is in right field and leading off. Rookie Trey Mancini is on the bench.

Catcher Welington Castillo’s .385 average ranks second in the American League behind the White Sox’s Avisaíl García at .452. Castillo is 10-for-26.

For the Orioles
Seth Smith RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Chris Davis 1B
Mark Trumbo DH
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Hyun Soo Kim LF
J.J. Hardy SS
Caleb Joseph C

Wade Miley LHP

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, last night marked just the third time since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920 that the Orioles won a game 2-0 or 2-1 with their eighth and ninth batters in the lineup driving in runs. Schoop and Hardy had RBIs in a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jays.

On April 6, 1992, Chris Hoiles and Billy Ripken had RBIs in a 2-0 win over the Indians in the first game at Camden Yards. On April 12, 2014, Schoop and David Lough drove in the runs in a 2-1 home win over the Blue Jays.

On this date in 1954, the Orioles won their first-ever game, 3-2 in Detroit.

Duane Pillette went the distance and the Orioles scored all three runs in the first inning. Second baseman Bobby Young, a Maryland native, doubled and scored the club’s first run on an RBI single by center fielder Gil Coan.