It’s the final match in this three-game stand at Camden Yards. Thus far, the Orioles have dismantled one Toronto ace and been completely silenced by another. Now, they face their first lefty of the series in Yusei Kikuchi.
This is the game that, on paper, they were most likely to win. As a team, the Orioles have almost identical lefty/righty splits, but Kikuchi is more hittable than Bassitt and Berríos were predicted to be.
Not that he was terrible the last time he faced the Orioles. On May 19, Kikuchi allowed three runs in 4.2 innings, all three coming on a Ryan Mountcastle bomb.