Baltimore Orioles

The MRI on Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo’s abdomen was clean, manager Craig Albernaz said a day after the slugger departed Friday’s series-opening win due to discomfort on his right side.

That outpouring of runs continued what has been a strong stretch for Baltimore.

The Orioles have had 19 players hit the injured list this season.

Pitcher Joseph Dzierwa skipped Low-A Delmarva entirely and made quick work of High-A Frederick. He’s pitched three times at Double-A Chesapeake with a 3.24 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings.

“The starting pitching group is kind of like their own team,” manager Craig Albernaz said.

Baltimore (30-33) has won nine of 13 games, allowing the club to hang in the wild-card hunt despite a poor start.

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The dismal performance Wednesday doesn’t derail the momentum built over the last two weeks — the Orioles (29-33) had won eight of their last 11 entering this game — but this did feature a return of some of the issues that plagued Baltimore the first month and a half of the season.

What changed in that moment is hard to describe. “I think it was a feeling, for sure,” Basallo said.

Baltimore has won 8 of its last 11 games.

Baz allowed two runs on sacrifice flies throughout seven efficient innings, and his knuckle curveball once more baffled an opposing lineup.

As Baltimore enters June, it’s Young who holds the best ERA of anyone in this rotation.

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With Mitch Plassmeyer’s experience working on pitching mechanics, he assisted Mayo in keeping his body compact and his arm path shorter.

With two more hits during Baltimore’s 9-5 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Samuel Basallo capped a month that showed how much of a threat he already is.

A ball thrown from the stands during a break in play injured Toronto right fielder Jesús Sánchez in what appears to have been a misunderstanding.

After dropping the first two games of their series against the Blue Jays, and looking lifeless for eight innings of Saturday’s game, the O’s woke up to deliver the third walk-off of the homestand.

“I know where we stand as baseball players, and I know where the owners stand,” Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin said. “It’s going to be a long conversation, long negotiation process, for both sides to get closer to what they want.”

Rogers spent four months as one of the game’s best pitchers last year by doing it the way he did until the seventh — and avoiding big innings like the one that chased him Friday.

The Blue Jays hit two two-run home runs against Trevor Rogers in the seventh inning and completed their comeback in the eighth.