Samuel Basallo is a catcher by trade, but he can also play first base and his bat is more than good enough to land him at designated hitter.

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

Jesus Sanchez had a night, robbing a grand slam and a three-run homer. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the team imploded.

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 Baltimore Orioles got off to a slow start after the trade deadline but have started to heat up a bit lately. Even though it has been a disappointing season

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.

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.

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,

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.