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Saturday’s lineups: Royals vs. Orioles

With a left-handed starter on the mound, Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas has the day off. Danny Valencia will start as the Royals face the Orioles at 6:05 p.m. at Camden Yards. The game can be seen on Fox Sports Kansas City.

Here are the lineups as Jeremy Guthrie (2-1, 4.68 ERA) faces Wei-Yin Chen (3-1, 4.91 ERA):

ROYALS (11-11)

1. Nori Aoki, RF.

2. Omar Infante, 2B.

3. Eric Hosmer, 1B.

4. Billy Butler, DH.

5. Alex Gordon, LF.

6. Salvador Perez, C.

7. Danny Valencia, 3B.

8. Justin Maxwell, CF.

9. Alcides Escobar, SS.

ORIOLES (11-11)

1. Jemile Weeks, DH.

2. Nelson Cruz, RF.

3. Nick Markakis, 1B.

4. Adam Jones, CF.

5. Matt Wieters, C.

6. JJ Hardy, SS.

7. Ryan Flaherty, 3B.

8. Jonathan Schoop, 2B.

9. David Lough, LF.

This story was originally published April 26, 2014 at 4:13 PM with the headline "Saturday’s lineups: Royals vs. Orioles."

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