NEW YORK — The Orioles will open their pivotal three-game series against the New York Yankees tonight in The Bronx.
Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen will start for the Orioles on his 30th birthday. He will make his 12th career start against the Yankees. He has gone 3-4 with a 4.76 ERA in his first 11 starts against them. He is 2-3 with a 4.15 ERA in six career starts at Yankee Stadium.
In his last start at Yankee Stadium, Chen held New York to one run on five hits over seven innings, striking out seven and walking one in a 6-2 win over the Yankees on May 9.
Here are both teams' starting lineups:
Orioles
Manny Machado 3B
Jimmy Paredes DH
Adam Jones CF
Chris Davis RF
Matt Wieters C
J.J. Hardy SS
Travis Snider LF
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Chris Parmelee 1B
Wei-Yin Chen LHP
Yankees
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Chris Young RF
Chase Headley 3B
Didi Gregorius SS
Brendan Ryan 2B
Nathan Eovaldi RHP