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Texas at Baltimore
Brian Matusz (1-3, 4.67 ERA) takes the hill tonight with hopes his last outing is a sign of things to come. Matusz allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings of a 7-1 victory over the Yankees on Tuesday, ending a streak of 14 consecutive winless starts. He went 0-12 with a 10.47 ERA during that stretch dating back to a win June 6 against Oakland.
Texas counters with Matt Harrison (3-2, 5.40), who after winning his first three starts with a 1.66 ERA has pitched miserably in back-to-back outings. Harrison allowed seven runs and 14 hits in five innings of an 8-4 loss to Tampa Bay on April 27, then gave up a career-high-tying eight runs in 3 1/3 of an 11-5 loss at Toronto on Wednesday.
The Orioles are hot but with a loaded Texas lineup coming into town the fires going to be put out tonight. Matusz is coming off an overdue, great outing, although we see Texas tonight putting him right back to where he was. Harrison gets back into winning ways after too poor pitching performances his last times out.
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