Though Brad Brach served up a walk-off home run last night to Edwin Encarnacion, the Orioles bullpen continues to lead the majors with a 2.62 ERA and has registered 183 strikeouts in 199 1/3 innings. The club's relievers rank only 14th in the majors in innings pitched.
Mike Wright
Wright is 0-3 with a 7.11 ERA in four career games (three starts) against the Blue Jays, with 10 runs and 18 hits allowed in 12 2/3 innings. He's walked 10 and struck out nine.
In two starts at Rogers Centre, Wright has gone 0-2 with an 11.81 ERA by allowing seven runs and 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings. He's walked five and struck out five.
The Jays are batting .349 (15-for-43) against him. Jose Bautista is 3-for-6 with a double and home run against Wright, but he's out of the lineup again today with a sore quad. Justin Smoak is 3-for-6 with two doubles and Ryan Goins is 3-for-5 with a double.
Left-hander J.A. Happ is 6-3 with a 3.57 ERA in 12 starts this season. Left-handed hitters are batting .200 against him and right-handers are batting .247.
Happ is 2-3 with a 3.56 ERA in nine career games (eight starts) versus the Orioles.
Pedro Alvarez is 3-for-7 with a double, but he's out of the lineup. Matt Wieters is 1-for-5 with a home run, but he's also sitting today. Day game after a night game.
Adam Jones is 7-for-25 with a double and home run and Jonathan Schoop is 2-for-10 with five strikeouts.
Chris Davis has homered in three straight games. He's hit 15 home runs in 149 at-bats at Rogers Centre, one for every 9.93 at-bats, the best ratio for any of the 345 players with 100 or more at-bats at the ballpark.
Davis' 15 home runs are the most for any opposing hitter at Rogers Centre since 2012.