Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox Starting Lineup — Monday, Jul 20, 2026

Taylor Ward has the best track record here against Payton Tolle, going 2-for-2 in 3 PA with a 2.000 OPS. Pete Alonso, Gunnar Henderson, and Coby Mayo have each gone 1-for-3, with Henderson carrying a 1.000 OPS while Alonso and Mayo both sit at .666. Tyler O'Neill is hitless, going 0-for-2 in 3 PA with a .333 OPS. Leody Taveras, Jeremiah Jackson, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and Sam Huff have no MLB history vs Tolle.

Ceddanne Rafaela has the deepest history against Shane Baz, going 3-for-9 in 10 PA with a .733 OPS, while Wilyer Abreu is 2-for-4 in 5 PA with a 1.100 OPS. Caleb Durbin has also fared well in a tiny sample at 1-for-2 with a 1.500 OPS, and Jarren Duran is 3-for-17 in 18 PA with a .575 OPS. Willson Contreras is hitless at 0-for-2 in 3 PA with a .333 OPS, Masataka Yoshida is 0-for-8 in 9 PA with a .111 OPS, and Connor Wong is 0-for-3 with a .000 OPS. Anthony Seigler and Tsung-Che Cheng have no MLB history vs Baz.

The home side has more hitters with established exposure to the opposing starter, and several of those matchups come with larger samples. The away side has one standout in Ward, but much of that group has either only a few trips or no prior history at all.