Blue Jays Lineup...
1. Jose Bautista ® RF
2. Russell Martin ® C
3. Josh Donaldson ® 3B
4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B
5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
6. Troy Tulowitzki ® SS
7. Steve Pearce ® LF
8. Kevin Pillar ® CF
9. Darwin Barney ® 2B
Marcus Stroman, RHP
Stroman matched a career high by allowing seven earned runs and three home runs in his last start. He has allowed six homers over his past two outings after allowing just seven in his first 12.
Orioles Lineup...
1. Seth Smith (L) RF
2. Manny Machado ® 3B
3. Jonathan Schoop ® 2B
4. Adam Jones ® CF
5. Mark Trumbo ® DH
6. Trey Mancini ® 1B
7. Hyun Soo Kim (L) LF
8. Caleb Joseph ® C
9. Paul Janish ® SS
Wade Miley, LHP
Miley has pitched to a 4.48 ERA, though -- after a solid start -- he's pitched to a 7.81 mark over his past six starts. He'll try to right the ship Wednesday against the Jays.
PREVIEW...
By Keegan Matheson / MLB.com
Toronto will send Marcus Stroman to the mound on Wednesday night to face Baltimore's Wade Miley in their second of three games at Rogers Centre.
Stroman has been the Blue Jays' most consistent starter this season, as their rotation has dealt with a number of injuries. The right-hander enters with a 3.69 ERA over his first 15 starts, but is coming off a rare difficult outing against the Rangers.
He lasted just four innings on June 22, allowing seven runs on seven hits that included three home runs. Stroman also allowed three home runs, all of the solo variety, is his June 17 start against the White Sox. Otherwise, his strikeout and walk numbers have been right in line with his career averages and Stroman continues to be one of the league's best when it comes to forcing ground balls.
Miley comes into Wednesday's start with a 4.48 ERA and has walked five batters per nine innings, which is double his rate from 2016.
The left-hander was lifted from two starts in the third inning earlier this month, but has been able to work a bit deeper into games of late, with starts of five and 5 2/3 innings his last two trips to the mound. In his two starts against the Blue Jays this season, Miley has allowed three earned runs over 13 innings with 11 strikeouts and just one walk.
• Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado has started the season slower than expected with his lowest career batting average, but luck hasn't been on his side through the first three months of 2017.
Entering this series in Toronto, Machado was tied for fourth in Major League Baseball with 25 outs on balls in play that, based on Statcast calculations, had an expected batting average of .500 or higher. Only DJ LeMahieu, Jose Abreu, and Nicholas Castellanos have recorded more.
• Miley's four-seam fastball and two-seamer have yielded very different results this season. His two-seamer, which he throws as his primary pitch, has kept opposing hitters to a manageable .236 batting average and .330 slugging percentage. The four-seam, however, has been hit to the tune of a .356 average and .644 slugging percentage, including six home runs.
• Over his last two starts, Stroman allowed seven barrels -- batted balls with an ideal combination of exit velocity and launch angle -- to account for 20 percent of all the balls put in play against him. He had given up just six barrels (4.8 percent of balls in play) over his previous seven outings.
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