The Orioles are only 54-56, yet they are only 1.5 games out of the final American League wild-card spot. Baltimore can at best reach .500 ahead of the trade deadline.

Cano holds a 2.21 ERA in 36 2/3 innings this season.

The trade for Jake Rogers was not made due to injury setbacks for catchers Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo. Mike Elias said both catchers are progressing.

Baltimore has two catchers currently active: Yohel Pozo and Chadwick Tromp.

Every game is important at this time of year. But with the Orioles on the fence between buying, selling or both, it’s all magnified.

Entering the seventh inning, Baltimore found itself trailing by seven runs. The Orioles caught up with a five-run seventh and a two-run eighth to force extra innings.

The Tigers became the first team to score in every inning against the Orioles since the team’s inaugural season in Baltimore in 1954.

Orioles players were in hysterics as they watched the replay of Leody Taveras’ attempt to capture a squirrel. So, which player would be the best at catching one?

“The pain is still going to be there, but stuff like that makes me happy, to know that his legacy still lives on, and people still miss him and still remember him,” Sonsy Gaba said.

The three-homer game covered for right-hander Kyle Bradish, who produced an uncharacteristically sloppy night.

A spokesperson for the Tigers said “our understanding is that the squirrel was in fine health after being removed from the field and released.”

“I don’t really like to have that type of conversation during the season, because I want to be strictly focused on baseball and they, you know, deadline coming up, they’re focused on other things.”

These Orioles know how to twist a fanbase into knots, and this series at Camden Yards against Atlanta was full of bowlines and hitches.

Dylan Beavers drove a two-out, walk-off single to score Jackson Holliday.

These two kids — Booth recently turned 18 while Roberts is 17 — are from a similar part of Mississippi, and they’re living their dream together.

The 22-year-old, drafted No. 19 overall last year, has performed at a high level for Frederick, hitting .286 with a .915 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.

At 18, Eric Booth Jr. recently signed for $7.32 million, and the center fielder is already ranked as Baltimore’s top prospect, according to Baseball America, without having picked up a bat in the minors.

Henderson has appeared too tightly wound at times, as though the weight of the world is on his shoulders.

With nine games to play ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline, Baltimore is three games behind Boston for the last wild-card spot.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand was the offensive force for a team with little bite, collecing three hits.