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Ramón Urìas beat Jackson Holliday’s throw to first, allowing Carlos Correa to score from third and the Houston Astros outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 12 innings Saturday night
Jordan Westburg hit a three-run homer among four hits with a career-best five RBIs and Dean Kremer pitched seven sharp innings to give the Baltimore Orioles a 12-0 win over the Houston Astros.
The Orioles led 1-0 when Javier left the game, plating their only run on a sacrifice fly by Gunnar Henderson in the third. Right-hander Shawn Dubin replaced him and proceeded to give up four earned runs in the fifth, including a three-run homer by Jordan Westburg that put Baltimore up 5-0.
Cristian Javier pitched five innings for a win in his first start in over a year after Tommy John surgery. He goes again against the Orioles.
Houston Astros starter Cristian Javier left Sunday’s 12-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles after three innings because of an illness.
The infusion of top prospects in the Orioles’ roster is reflected in today’s lineup for the series finale in Houston.Samuel Basallo is making his debut at designated hitter. He’s batting sixth.Basallo is the 62nd player to appear in a game,
The Astros’ pitching rotation has been decimated by injuries all year, but they’ve begun to get healthy in the second half—most recently with Cristian Javier returning from Tommy John surgery and making his season debut this past Monday against the Boston Red Sox.
Ahead of Sunday's game against the Houston Astros, Baltimore called up highly regarded prospect Samuel Basallo. In doing so, it posted a hype video and an emotional video with his father sharing the news: Basallo is the Orioles' No. 1 prospect and the No. 8 overall prospect in the league, per MLB.com's prospect rankings.
Take a look back at Samuel Basallo’s journey from a 16-year-old international prospect to making his MLB debut Sunday with the Orioles.
Highly touted Dylan Beavers will make his Major League Baseball debut Saturday night, batting sixth and playing right field for the Baltimore Orioles when they meet the Houston Astros. The 24-year-old Beavers arrived in Houston from Triple-A Norfolk earlier Saturday.