Overview
- Rookie Dylan Beavers lined a 10th-inning RBI single to beat the Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday, giving Baltimore seven wins in its past eight games.
- One night earlier, a crew-chief review awarded Samuel Basallo an 11th-inning RBI single for a 3-2 win after video showed the popup touched Tommy Pham’s glove in fair territory before landing on the chalk.
- Basallo has two walk-off hits in five days, including a ninth-inning homer to beat the Dodgers on Friday, continuing a breakout weeks after signing an eight-year, $67 million pre-arbitration deal.
- In Tuesday’s opener against Pittsburgh, Kyle Bradish worked seven innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts in his third start since returning from elbow/Tommy John surgery.
- Baltimore is managing short-term injuries — Dean Kremer (forearm), Tomoyuki Sugano (foot), and Basallo’s hand — as Adley Rutschman ramps up activity and Jordan Westburg approaches a rehab assignment.