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The Baltimore Orioles will close out a three-game series in a wild card race against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
The Orioles won the series opener Monday night 7-4, putting him within three games of the American Blue Jays occupying the first wild card slot in his league.
The Orioles and Blue Jays will meet 14 more times in the regular season.
"Any time you play against a team in front of you, they are the game that matters," said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. “Every game is important. Has won 3 of his first 5 games between teams. The team will split him four games in Toronto on June 13-16.
"[The Blue Jays] have a really good lineup," Hyde said. "They're pretty well balanced in terms of power, speed and a bit of superstar in the middle. It's a really, really good team that needs to be marketed carefully. In Toronto, the first series, they're pretty good. I think we did the job."
Blue Jays manager John Schneider said, "The more (the same) people you meet, the more familiar and the more competitive they become." "The execution is big. When you have a team you know well and you play for that team a lot, a game plan is a game plan." 4 losses, 6.55 ERA).
Bradish said he played against Toronto on June 13, and in 4 1/3 innings he allowed 5 runs and 9 hits to go 11-1. was defeated.
Toronto will be matched by right-handed Alec Manoa (12-5, 2.45).
Manoa pitched six scoreless innings on June 13 against the Orioles. In his four games with Baltimore, Manoa went 2-0 with a 2.42 ERA.
The Orioles hit his four-run homer on Monday, with Ramon Urias hitting his three-run shot in the first inning. Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hayes have added solo his shots. Baltimore had hit just six home runs in its first six games in August.
He was 2-for-4 when Hayes returned to the lineup after an oblique injury saw him miss four games.
"This is a division he is a series and a good team," Hayes said. "They can swing it, so we're going to get out there and play what we've been doing. Our pitchers are going to keep doing what they've been doing."[48]
The Blue Jays hit solo homers from Cavan Biggio and Matt Chapman on Monday. Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled 1-for-5 in his fifth inning on Monday, extending his hitting streak to his career-high 19 games. He has a .397 batting streak (78-31) with 8 doubles, 3 home runs, 16 runs scored and 12 RBIs.
Toronto right fielder Teoscar Hernandez also went 1-for-5 on Monday, extending his season-high hitting record to nine games. He has a .314 batting streak (11-35) with three doubles, three homers, seven runs scored and six RBIs.
The Blue Jays are 3-4 with his two games left on a nine-game road trip.
Baltimore recalled right-handed Lewis his head from Triple-A Norfolk on Monday and optioned right-handed Beau his salser to Norfolk.
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