BALTIMORE — A night after feasting on a struggling rookie starting pitcher who has numbers worse than Andrew Heaney, the Yankees could have their hands full Wednesday night at Oriole Park.
John Means pitched well in a two-run, five-inning start at Yankee Stadium two weekends ago, the lefty no-hit the Seattle Mariners back in May and his 3.42 ERA is by far the best among the starters on the 46-98 Orioles.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. YES will televise the game.
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The Yankees hit five homers in winning Tuesday night’s series opener 7-2 to improve to 10-7 this season over the Orioles. He fared well in his only appearance against Baltimore this season, a 5 2/3-inning, one-run no-decision on Sept. 3.
Left-hander Nestor Cortes (2-2, 2.70) will be the Yankees’ starter in Wednesday’s game.
The Yankees’ lineup includes Gleyber Torres back at second day one day after he was removed from a game in the eighth inning due to an error on a routine grounder and not running hard on a groundout.
Here is the Yankees’ lineup:
1. DJ LeMahieu, 3B
2. Aaron Judge, RF
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Giancarlo Stanton, LF
5. Luke Voit, DH
6. Gleyber Torres, 2B
7. Gary Sanchez, C
8. Brett Gardner, CF
9. Gio Urshela, SS
Nestor Cortes, LHP
Here is the Orioles’ lineup:
1. Cedric Mullins, CF
2. Ryan Mountcastle, 1B
3. Trey Mancini, DH
4. Austin Hays, LF
5. Anthony Santander, RF
6. Ramon Urias, 2B
7. Pat Valaika, SS
8. Kelvin Gutierrez, 3B
9. Austin Wynns, C
John Means, LHP
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