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Jorge Mateo absent Thursday for Orioles

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jorge Mateo is not in the lineup for Thursday's series opener against right-hander Aaron Civale and the Tampa Bay Rays.

What It Means:

Mateo went 1-for-1 with a walk and a steal in Sunday's series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals. Gunnar Henderson will return to shortstop and the two-hole Thursday while Jordan Westburg mans the hot corner and hits eighth. Adam Frazier will start on second base and bat ninth.

numberFire’s models project Henderson ($3,600) for 11.1 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Orioles' implied total is 4.23 and the game total is 8.0. Civale has a 2.96 ERA and 3.62 xERA this season, with a 35.6% hard-hit rate, 21.4% strikeout rate (36th percentile of league), and 6.5% walk rate. His ERA is fin

Source: MLB.com

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