The Orioles send young Brian Matusz to the mound tonight to take on Jeff Niemann and the Tampa Bay Rays. Matusz looks to end the Orioles losing streak and earn the O's their first victory of the season.
As I said earlier, I am looking forward to seeing Matusz pitch tonight against this Rays lineup that is very talented. Matusz will have to stop Evan Longoria who has already hit 2 homeruns and an 2 RBI double in the first two games. He is quickly turning into an Orioles Killer.
As of the time I am writing this, I have yet to find any lineups for tonight posted, so I am going to make a few predicitions on it. I do not see Brian Roberts playing for a third straight night on the artificial surface in Tampa. Julio Lugo will most likey replace him at 2nd tonight. Although, Roberts did have 2 homeruns against Niemann last year and hit .444 against him. Also, Nolan Reimold looked a little slow last night and missed two balls that perhaps he would have caught last year. I see Luke Scott getting his first start in LF tonight with Reimold or Ty Wigginton starting at DH. Finally, because of the day game tomorrow and flight home tonight, there is a slight chance the hot hitting Matt Wieters does not play tonight, giving Craig Tatum his first start in an Orioles uniform. Again, I give that a small chance of happening.
That's all for now. I'm prediciting the O's get their first win tonight, and have an offensive outburst against Jeff Niemann and the Rays. Talk to you after the game.
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