The Orioles are coming off a 4-4 home-stand after Sunday’s 9-5 Loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in which the O’s slammed 4 homers in a losing effort highlighted by 2 home runs each by Delmon Young who gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning and a game-tying homer in the 3rd to tie the game at 2 and Manny Machado who jacked a 2-run homer in the 7th to cut the deficit to 7-4 and a 9th inning shot accounted for the last run the O’s would score in a 9-5 defeat.
The Orioles(23-26) now head to Minute Maid Park in Houston to face the Astros(31-20) who they just defeated at Camden Yards taking 2 out of 3 from the Astros with a 5-4 decision in the series finale last Wednesday night.
Houston currently leads the AL west by 4.5 games over the Angels and have just come off losing 2 out of 3 to a struggling White Sox club and are currently 4-6 in their last ten games.
This series is the beginning of a 7 game road trip which includes 4 in Houston and 3 in Cleveland against the Indians.
Pitching Matchups-
June 1- Ubaldo Jimenez-(3-3 3.14 ERA) Vs. Brett Oberholtzer(0-0 3.00 ERA)
June 2- Mike Wright(2-0 1.40 ERA) Vs. Colin McHugh (5-2 4.24 ERA)
June 3- Miguel Gonzalez(5-3 3.48 ERA) Vs. Lance McCullers(1-0 2.40 ERA)
June 4- Wei Yin Chen(1-4 3.21 ERA) Vs. Dallas Keuchel(7-1 1.76 ERA)
