The Padres put two opening day outfielders back in the lineup for Tuesday’s 6:40 p.m. start against the Baltimore Orioles.

Fernando Tatis Jr. is back atop the lineup and in right field a day after he was scratched with lower half tightness. Meantime, Jackson Merrill is back in the lineup for the first time since his left ankle sent him to the injured list. Merrill was activated from the injured list Monday and entered in the ninth inning as pinch-runner.

Merrill will play center and bat sixth, the seventh time he’s hit that low this season.

“Really excited for Jackson to be back,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “He’s clearly a big part of the club and brings a lot of different things. … It’s at the expense of — we’ve got a lot of really talented left-handed hitters, so (now it ma

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