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Tonight downtown at Camden Yards the Orioles and Oakland A’s will square off in game two of the teams’ three-game series with first pitch scheduled for 7:05pm.

Dating all the way back to July of ‘07 the O’s have now lost an incredible nine consecutive decisions to Oakland with last night’s 9-1 L being the latest in line.

Aubrey Huff returns to his regular clean-up spot in Dave Trembley’s lineup, while Chad Moeller will make his first appearance behind the plate since being re-called from Triple-A Norfolk to replace the now traded Gregg Zaun.

David Hernandez, another of the four rookies in the O’s current rotation, will make his tenth career start in the majors and will be matched up with one of Oakland’s own rookie starters, Trevor Cahill.

The 24-year old Hernandez is coming off a rocky outing last Thursday where he only lasted three innings while yielding five earned in a 7-3 loss to Detroit.  The decision dropped his record to 3-4 and raised his ERA to 3.96.

Cahill, MLB.com’s preseason #17 overall rated prospect in baseball, has shown glimpses of potential greatness, but also common inconsistencies that plague so many young, talented pitchers.  Cahill’s 6-11 record and ERA over 5.00 isn’t pretty, but scouts universally seem to agree that Cahill is a guy that will be at the front of someone’s rotation for years to come.

Here’s tonight’s starting lineups:

Orioles

Brian Roberts - 2B
Adam Jones - CF
Nick Markakis - RF
Aubrey Huff - 1B
Nolan Reimold - LF
Luke Scott - DH
Melvin Mora - 3B
Chad Moeller - C
Cesar Izturis - SS

Athletics

Adam Kennedy - 3B
Rajai Davis - CF
Scott Hairston - LF
Jack Cust - DH
Kurt Suzuki - C
Tommy Everidge - 1B
Ryan Sweeney - RF
Mark Ellis - 2B
Cliff Pennington - SS