Baltimore Orioles

With the victory, the Orioles move back within three games of the last American League wild-card spot.

Basallo doesn’t have much of a poker face. When he succeeds, his bright grin lights up the diamond. When he’s disappointed, it’s obvious.

Henderson fouled a ball off his left knee in the bottom of the eighth, and while he finished his plate appearance with a walk, he didn’t feel comfortable running to second base on the subsequent groundout.

The Orioles are 70-75 in Albernaz’s debut season.

Mayo homered against both a left-hander and a right-hander. His surge at the plate is largely due to historically dominant numbers against southpaws.

Luis Robert Jr., whom the Orioles claimed off waivers last week, will be out for at least a week and a half.

When the Orioles entered this series, they were 0.5 games out of the final wild-card spot. With this four-game sweep by the Red Sox, they have fallen four games out with 18 to play.

The Red Sox broke a 0-0 tie with three sixth-inning runs after Albernaz let Chris Bassitt remain in the game with the bases loaded.

Benches and bullpens emptied in the eighth after Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock induced Luis Robert Jr. into an inning-ending double play and Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story appeared to take issue with Blaze Alexander’s slide into second.

COLUMN | If you closed your eyes, you could imagine the world in which the Orioles had never traded Rutschman at all.

It was a night of juxtapositions for the Orioles (69-72), who suffered a frustrating 6-5 loss at the hands of Rutschman and the Red Sox one month after the trade.

As Adley Rutschman readied to play his first game as a visitor at Camden Yards, he said he’s at peace with his trade to the Red Sox.

COLUMN | The trade that had a seismic impact on the Orioles’ season is a month old. The more we learn about what the Orioles yielded in return, the rosier the outlook gets.

The ability to use his sinker inside to righties set De León on the course for Coors Field on Tuesday, where he made a major league debut that a few months ago would have seemed very unlikely.

The Orioles' four-game winning streak ended, and they are now 69-70 — and 1.5 games behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final American League wild-card spot.

President of baseball operations Mike Elias said Robert has “superstar tools” with “enormous” raw power that can help from the right side of the plate.

De León, who signed in 2021 out of the Dominican Republic, has shot up prospect rankings in recent years behind his high velocity and two breaking balls.

“I can’t even put it into words,” Kjerstad said. “So thankful for my wife. She is doing great. Son is doing great.”

“In the heat of the moment of the game, I know how to talk to these guys in a certain way,” catcher Carlos Narváez said. “I do my homework, I know their strengths.”