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It has been two days of rain and gross weather. But today, the Baltimore area has seen some serious sunshine. However...there is a 60 percent chance that it will be raining at seven o'clock tonight when Wei-Yin Chen is supposed to be throwing the first pitch out.
Of course, I said yesterday that we would have a delay to last night's affair at Camden Yards. That did not happen. Therefore, I know nothing about weather. So, maybe it will snow?
Either way, the Blue Jays are off tonight so an Orioles W will automatically give the O's another half game lead over those Canadian ball players. But a loss can have the reverse effect. Needless to say, this is an important game, ladies and gents.
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Lineups
| Washington Nationals | Baltimore Orioles |
| CF Denard Span (L) | RF Nick Markakis (L) |
| 3B Anthony Rendon (R) | LF Steve Pearce (R) |
| RF Jayson Werth (R) | CF Adam Jones (R) |
| 1B Adam LaRoche (L) | DH Nelson Cruz (R) |
| DH Ryan Zimmerman (R) | 1B Chris Davis (L) |
| LF Bryce Harper (L) | SS J.J. Hardy (R) |
| SS Ian Desmond (R) | 3B Manny Machado (R) |
| C Wilson Ramos (R) | C Caleb Joseph (R) |
| 2B Kevin Frandsen (R) | 2B Jonathan Schoop (R) |
| LHP Gio Gonzalez | LHP Wei-Yin Chen |