Baltimore enters Saturday’s game against the Washington Nationals at 39-44, but as Elias spoke in the dugout, he noted that, despite that record, the Orioles are only 1.5 games out of the wild card.

Basallo is carrying a heavier load behind the plate, and he has been up to the task.

As of Thursday, Baltimore’s 38-44 record found the team only two games back of the final wild-card spot in the mediocre American League.

The Orioles lost to the Angels, 7-6, in the bottom of the 10th inning. They were on the verge of collecting the third out when an error occurred, and everything spiraled from there.

The Orioles have won three straight games on six occasions. They have yet to win four straight.

Over his last two starts, right-hander Kyle Bradish has pitched 15 2/3 innings with 21 strikeouts and one run allowed.

Alexander was lifted from the game in the third inning. That’s when Baltimore put outfielder Leody Taveras at the hot corner, a position he has never played before.

The debut event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the team store at Camden Yards, and parking in Lot A opens at 4:30.

Alexander, a member of a baseball-obsessed family, first felt the childhood wonder of this game by running around with his older brother and sister, CJ and Sloane, and all the other neighborhood kids.

As the dust settles on the Orioles’ matchup with the best team in baseball, there is no forgetting the ninth-inning issues of Friday and Saturday. But overshadowing those blips were two good outings and one great one from starting pitchers and a series of strong offensive showings.

California issued a state of emergency for Los Angeles County, but the series finale between the Dodgers and Orioles goes on as planned.

The Orioles sweated out a near collapse in the ninth inning in Los Angeles.

Baltimore placed Rutschman on the seven-day concussion injured list after he was hit on the side of his head Thursday in Seattle by an errant throw.

Mancini’s cancer diagnosis put his dream of having kids in doubt. But his daughter Sadie was there for his return to the bigs.

Closer Ryan Helsley could not hold a two-run lead in the ninth.

Seattle scored all of its runs against Shane Baz in the first inning.

Two people with knowledge of Ripken’s role who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Ripken has increased his presence in player development, including work on fundaments, as The Athletic first reported.

In 2024, Henderson was well on his way to becoming a star. Last year was a modest step back, and this year his .706 OPS entering Wednesday is the lowest of his career.

In his best outing of the season, Bradish showed he’s all the way back.