7:05 PM ET, August 19, 2010
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Lewis (9-9, 3.28 ERA) hasn't won since July 16 at Boston, but poor run support has been the primary reason. The right-hander has a 2.76 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 32 2/3 innings in his last five outings, but the Rangers have scored a total of four runs for him in that stretch.
"You've got to roll with the punches," Lewis said after Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Red Sox. "If I go out there and give a quality start and keep my team there, we're one swing away from getting a win."
Lewis, who spent the last two years pitching in Japan, hasn't started against the Orioles since June 1, 2003.
Baltimore's Brian Matusz (4-12, 5.28) would prefer to forget his two starts against Texas this year. He's 0-1 with an 18.56 ERA in those outings, lasting a total of 5 1/3 innings and surrendering two homers to Vladimir Guerrero.
The rookie left-hander, who hopes to avoid matching teammate Kevin Millwood and Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt for the major league lead in losses, is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last two home starts, but he struggled at Tampa Bay on Saturday, giving up five runs in four innings of a 7-3 loss.
It's unclear if Matusz will have to face Rangers third baseman Michael Young, who has missed Texas' last two games with a stiff neck.
"Right now it's kind of a hour by hour kind of thing," Young said Wednesday. "I get more treatment and it feels better. So I imagine that will continue."
The Orioles likely won't avoid major league batting leader Josh Hamilton, who is 11 for 24 with two homers and three doubles against Baltimore this year.
