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Asher replacing Ubaldo in Orioles' rotation

HOUSTON -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter figures Ubaldo Jimenez will find a beneficial chance to recalibrate pitching success from the bullpen.

Jimenez has allowed 15 earned runs in his last three starts, provoking Showalter and the Orioles to send him to the bullpen and swap Alec Asher in as Sunday's starter against the Astros at Minute Maid Park.

In Asher's last start, on May 2 in Boston, he allowed six hits and three earned runs with one walk and four strikeouts in six innings. In a right-handed relief role since, Asher has given up two earned runs in seven outings, none longer than 3 1/3 innings.