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.

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 smoked the Houston Astros, 12-0, on Sunday night. It was the rare bright spot in an otherwise dour campaign for this O's team. Viewed as a potential World Series threat not that long ago, Baltimore has fallen to the bottom of the AL East this season. Changes are on the horizon as a result, and very few players are safe.

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.

Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for a perfect game against the Houston Astros on Friday night with two out in the eighth inning on an infield hit by Ramon Urias.

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 Houston Astros have had their fair share of prospect debuts this year, with Cam Smith making the Opening Day roster and both Jacob Melton and Brice Matthews