The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles play the rubber match of a three-game series in Texas on Wednesday afternoon. It's the major league debut for Orioles starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez and the second Rangers start for Jacob deGrom. Here are the full lineups for the 2:05 p.m. ET tilt.
The Baltimore Orioles are going for a sweep of the Texas Rangers on Wednesday afternoon in Arlington. The O's took Game 1, 2-0, and won Game 2, 7-2.
Game three of the series is an afternoon contest, slated for 2:05 p.m. ET, and features Rangers ace Jacob deGrom making his second start and Orioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez making his Major League debut.
Here is the lineup for the 3-2 Rangers...
1) Marcus Semien, 2B
2) Corey Seager, SS
3) Nate Lowe, 1B
4) Adolis Garcia, CF
5) Josh Jung, 3B
6) Robbie Grossman, RF
7) Mitch Garver, DH
8) Jonah Heim, C
9) Ezekiel Duran, LF
SP: Jacob deGrom (0-0, 12.27 ERA)
For the 3-2 Orioles, they'll line up like this for manager Brandon Hyde:
1) Cedric Mullins, CF
2) Adley Rutschman, C
3) Anthony Santander, RF
4) Ryan Mountcastle, 1B
5) Gunnar Henderson, 3B
6) Terrin Vavra, DH
7) Austin Hays, LF
8) Adam Frazier, 2B
9) Jorge Mateo, SS
SP: Grayson Rodriguez, (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
The big story in this one is Rodriguez making his major league debut. Among the top pitching prospects in all of baseball, he is the Orioles No. 1 pitching prospect. He failed to make the team out of spring training after having an ERA of more than seven in spring training.
He's being called up to help the Orioles staff, which is scrambling after Kyle Bradish was placed on the injured list following being hit by a line drive in Game 1 of this series.