Ernie Clement (hip) returned to the Blue Jays’ starting lineup for Thursday’s contest against the Rangers.

Clement was held out of the starting lineup each of the previous two nights due to soreness in his hip, though he did come in off the bench on Wednesday and play a couple of innings at shortstop. He’s back in there at shortstop and batting second for the Jays against Rangers’ southpaw MacKenzie Gore on Thursday evening in Toronto.