Preview: Baltimore Orioles face the Tampa Bay Rays in midweek series

The Baltimore Orioles (21-26, 9 GB, AL East) face the Tampa Bay Rays (30-15, first place, AL East) in a three-game series that begins on Monday.

Schedule

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Game 1: Monday, 6:40 p.m. (MASN)

• BAL: Trevor Rogers (2-4, 5.77 ERA, 1.54 WHIP)
• TBR: Shane McClanahan (4-2, 2.27 ERA, 0.98 WHIP)

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Game 2: Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. (MASN)

• BAL: Kyle Bradish (2-5, 4.21 ERA, 1.53 WHIP)
• TBR: Griffin Jax (1-2, 3.91 ERA, 1.48 WHIP)

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Game 3: Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. (MLB.TV, MASN)

• BAL: Shane Baz (1-5, 5.26 ERA, 1.52 WHIP)
• TBR: Jesse Scholtens (4-2, 3.06 ERA, 1.14 WHIP)

Bats to watch

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Baltimore Orioles

• LF Taylor Ward: 1 HR, 13 RBIs, .262 BA/.785 OPS, 1.3 WAR
• C Adley Rutschman: 6 HRs, 24 RBIs, .268 BA/.823 OPS, 1.0 WAR
• C Samuel Basallo: 6 HRs, 17 RBIs, .277 BA/.823 OPS, 1.0 WAR
• 1B Pete Alonso: 8 HRs, 24 RBIs, .215 BA/.712 OPS, 1.0 WAR
• SS Gunnar Henderson: 10 HRs, 24 RBIs, .214 BA/.692 OPS, 0.4 WAR

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Tampa Bay Rays

• C Yandy Diaz: 7 HRs, 27 RBIs, .295 BA/.833 OPS, 1.0 WAR
• 1B Jonathan Aranda: 8 HRs, 34 RBIs, .270 BA/.835 OPS, 0.7 WAR
• 3B Junior Caminero: 12 HRs, 23 RBIs, .256 BA/.830 OPS, 0.4 WAR