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Rays at Orioles
When/where: 7:05 tonight; Camden Yards, Baltimore
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Starting pitchers:
Rays: RH Jeff Niemann (9-7, 4.07)
Orioles: LH Zach Britton (9-9, 4.33)
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Standing tall: Niemann is looking to get righted after back-to-back rough starts against the Rangers, allowing 12 runs in 91/3 innings. He is 4-3, 4.96 in 10 games vs. the Orioles but 2-2, 7.13 in five at Camden Yards.
Zach attack: Britton, a 23-year-old rookie, has been one of the O's few success stories. He threw six solid innings to beat the Rays Sept. 2 and overall is 2-1, 3.12 against them.
Key matchups
Rays vs. Britton
Evan Longoria 2-for-5
B.J. Upton 1-for-8
Ben Zobrist 1-for-6
Orioles vs. Niemann
Cesar Izturis 4-for-16
Adam Jones 4-for-19
Nick Markakis 8-for-23, HR
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
Arrival of the day
INF/OF Russ Canzler got word of his unexpected promotion in memorable fashion. The Triple-A Bulls got back to Durham about 8 a.m. Saturday after an eight-hour bus ride from their season-ending loss in Columbus, Ohio, and Canzler was saying his goodbyes when manager Charlie Montoyo said, "Good luck this offseason. Oh, and good luck in the big leagues, too." Just like that, Canzler's dream was realized. "That'll wake you up real quick," he said.
Bash brothers
The Uptons are the eighth set of brothers to combine for 50 or more homers in a season:
Irish and Bob Meusel, 1925
Joe and Vince DiMaggio, 1937-40-41
Hank and Tommie Aaron, 1962
Carlos and Lee May, 1969
Tony and Billy Conigliaro, 1970
Jason and Jeremy Giambi, 2000-02
Bret and Aaron Boone, 2001-03
B.J. and Justin Upton, 2011
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