7:07 pm
April 1

Orioles @ Blue Jays

Who will WIN this matchup?

Baltimore Orioles (2-1)

@ Toronto Blue Jays (2-2)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Hess (BAL): 0-0; 0.00 ERA

Richard (TOR) 0-0; 0.00 ERA

 

Last 10 Games Played:

Baltimore Orioles: 2-1

Toronto Blue Jays: 2-2

 

Current odds:

Baltimore Orioles: (+161)

Toronto Blue Jays: (-171)

 

• Hess, who worked two scoreless innings and struck out two in relief on Opening Day, will take his first turn in the rotation in 2019 after making 19 starts as a rookie last season. The Tennessee Tech product struggled to the tune of a 0-2 record and 7.50 ERA during exhibition play but managed to post a 3.81 ERA across 11 appearances (10 starts) after the All-Star break as a rookie. Randal Grichuk (3-for-8, three doubles) has fared well versus Hess while Justin Smoak (0-for-9, six strikeouts) has not.

• Reid-Foley will draw his eighth career start Monday after the team announced Clayton Richard will be shut down for at least the next two weeks with a stress reaction in his right knee. The 2014 second-round selection made seven starts as a rookie in 2018, mixing two 10-strikeout efforts in which he permitted a total of one run across 12 frames with two games in which he surrendered 12 earned runs in nine innings. Reid-Foley, who will face Baltimore for the first time, is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in three career home starts.

• Blue Jays pitchers set a team record for strikeouts over the first four games of a season in the series against the Tigers with 50.

• Baltimore OF Dwight Smith Jr., who logged only 92 at-bats with Toronto over the previous two seasons before he traded to the Orioles in early March, went 5-for-11 with two RBIs versus the Yankees.

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