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Today's Starting Lineups BALTIMORE ORIOLES (16-9) at BOSTON RED SOX (14-12) Game #27 ● Wednesday, May 3, 2017 ● Fenway Park, Boston, MA BALTIMORE ORIOLES AVG HR RBI PLAYER POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .182 0 0 23-Joey Rickard RF .284 4 11 10-Adam Jones CF .226 6 16 13-Manny Machado 3B .206 2 12 45-Mark Trumbo DH .221 3 6 19-Chris Davis L 1B .291 5 16 6-Jonathan Schoop 2B .222 5 13 16-Trey Mancini LF .190 1 6 2-J.J. Hardy SS .172 1 3 36-Caleb Joseph C R H E LOB PITCHERS DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR WP HB P/S GAME DATA 39-RHP Kevin Gausman (1-2, 7.50) Official Scorer: Mike Shalin 1st Pitch: Temp: Gam e Time: Attendance: 2-J.J. Hardy, INF 23-Joey Rickard, OF 39-Kevin Gausman, RHP 60-Mychal Givens, RHP BAL Bench BAL Bullpen 3-Ryan Flaherty, INF 25-Hyun Soo Kim, OF 40-Roger McDowell (Pitching) 75-Alan Mills (Bullpen) 6-Jonathan Schoop, INF 26-Buck Showalter (Manager) 45-Mark Trumbo, OF 77-John Russell (Bench) Left Left 10-Adam Jones, OF 27-Francisco Peña, C 47-Scott Coolbaugh (Hitting) 88-Howie Clark (Asst. Hitting) 3-Ryan Flaherty 48-Richard Bleier 11-Bobby Dickerson (3rd Base) 29-Welington Castillo, C* 48-Richard Bleier, LHP 12-Seth Smith 53-Zach Britton 12-Seth Smith, OF 30-Chris Tillman, RHP* 51-Alec Asher, RHP * 10-day Disabled List 25-Hyun Soo Kim 58-Donnie Hart 13-Manny Machado, INF 31-Ubaldo Jiménez, RHP 53-Zach Britton, LHP ^ 60-day Disabled List 14-Craig Gentry, OF 35-Brad Brach, RHP 54-Anthony Santander, OF* Right Right 16-Trey Mancini, OF 36-Caleb Joseph, C 55-Einar Díaz (Coach) 14-Craig Gentry 35-Brad Brach 19-Chris Davis, INF 37-Dylan Bundy, RHP 56-Darren O’Day, RHP 27-Francisco Peña 56-Darren O’Day 60-Mychal Givens 21-Wayne Kirby (1st base) 38-Wade Miley, LHP 58-Donnie Hart, LHP Switch None BOSTON RED SOX AVG HR RBI PLAYER POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .277 0 6 15-Dustin Pedroia 2B .330 3 15 16-Andrew Benintendi L CF .281 2 13 50-Mookie Betts RF .267 5 14 13-Hanley Ramirez DH .333 0 5 2-Xander Bogaerts SS .274 2 11 18-Mitch Moreland L 1B .236 0 2 30-Chris Young LF .276 0 2 40-Marco Hernandez L 3B .412 0 4 7-Christian Vázquez C R H E LOB PITCHERS DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR WP HB P/S UMPIRES 31-LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-1, 4.15) HP: Sam Holbrook (34, Crew Chief) 1B: Jim Wolf (28) 2B: Greg Gibson (53) 3B: D.J. Reyburn (70) 2-Xander Bogaerts, SS 20-Ruben Amaro Jr. (1st Base) 41-Chris Sale, LHP 56-Joe Kelly, RHP BOS Bench BOS Bullpen 3-Sandy Leon, C 22-Rick Porcello, RHP 43-Dana LeVangie (Bullpen) 57-Victor Rodriguez (Asst. Hitting) 7-Christian Vázquez, C 24-David Price, LHP* 44-Chili Davis (Hitting) 58-Fernando Abad, LHP Left Left 10-Gary DiSarcina (Bench) 29-Roenis Elias, LHP* 46-Craig Kimbrel, RHP 63-Robby Scott, LHP 19-Jackie Bradley Jr. 58-Fernando Abad 64-Ben Taylor, RHP 11-Chase d’Arnaud, INF/OF 30-Chris Young, OF 47-Tyler Thornburg, RHP* Right 63-Robby Scott 12-Brock Holt, OF/INF* 31-Drew Pomeranz, LHP 48-Pablo Sandoval, 3B* 67-Brandon Workman, RHP 68-Matt Barnes, RHP 11-Chase d’Arnaud Right 13-Hanley Ramirez, 1B/DH 32-Josh Rutledge, INF 50-Mookie Betts, OF 86-Brian Bannister (Asst. Pitching) 32-Josh Rutledge 37-Heath Hembree 15-Dustin Pedroia, 2B 35-Steven Wright, RHP 52-Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP 16-Andrew Benintendi, OF 37-Heath Hembree, RHP 53-John Farrell (Manager) Switch 46-Craig Kimbrel 18-Mitch Moreland, 1B 39-Carson Smith, RHP^ 54-Carl Willis (Pitching) * 10-day Disabled List 3-Sandy Leon 56-Joe Kelly 19-Jackie Bradley Jr., OF 40-Marco Hernandez, INF 55-Brian Butterfield (3rd Base) ^ 60-day Disabled List 64-Ben Taylor 67-Brandon Workman 68-Matt Barnes .
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