Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles Starting Lineup — Sunday, Jul 12, 2026

Kansas City has a few hitters with encouraging prior results against Shane Baz, led by Carter Jensen, who is 2-for-2 in 3 PA with a 2.500 OPS. Bobby Witt Jr. has also seen Baz a fair amount and is 2-for-8 in 10 PA with a .250 average and 1.050 OPS, while Vinnie Pasquantino is 2-for-6 with a .333 average and .833 OPS. Salvador Perez is 1-for-6 with a .167 average and .500 OPS, while Jac Caglianone is hitless at 0-for-6 with a .000 OPS, Michael Massey is 0-for-2 in 3 PA with a .000 OPS, and Isaac Collins is 0-for-3 with a .000 OPS. Lane Thomas and Josh Rojas have no MLB history vs Baz.

Baltimore’s history against Seth Lugo is more mixed and mostly light on success. Colton Cowser has the best line here at 1-for-2 in 3 PA with a .500 average and 2.667 OPS, while Gunnar Henderson is 1-for-8 in 9 PA with a .125 average and .472 OPS and Taylor Ward is 1-for-9 in 10 PA with a .111 average and .422 OPS. Samuel Basallo is still hitless but has reached in 3 PA, going 0-for-1 in 3 PA with a .667 OPS, while Dylan Beavers, Pete Alonso, Blaze Alexander, Leody Taveras, and Jackson Holliday are all hitless against Lugo.

The Royals appear to have more meaningful familiarity and a few stronger past results against the opposing starter. The Orioles have seen Lugo too, but outside of Cowser there is not much established success in this matchup.