For the 47th time in 47 games, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde deployed a lineup he had not used before.
Baltimore’s first-year headman has yet to repeat his starting nine this season, making him the only manager in baseball who has yet to use a lineup multiple times. It’s a trend that continued Monday when he rested middle infielder Jonathan Villar for the first time and inserted Hanser Alberto into the leadoff spot for the opener of a four-game series with the New York Yankees.
Since raising his batting average to .275 in a May 1 doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, Villar is hitting .