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He’s now off the 40-man roster, clearing a spot for C.J. Cron. Herrera posted a 4.50 ERA and 2.33 WHIP over six relief innings earlier this season for the Halos.

Weiss wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of a trip to the injured list though if the 25-year-old outfielder doesn’t show any improvement. It sounds like Eli White may continue to patrol center field at least through the weekend.

He did enough damage in the first game. Samuel Basallo will get the start and bat fifth for the Orioles as they look to sweep the proceedings on Thursday against RHP Lance McCullers Jr.

Abbott surrendered five hits and two walks in the outing, including a homer off the bat of Tyler Freeman. This was his first quality start since Opening Day, ending a challenging stretch for the 26-year-old southpaw. Abbott’s whiff rate on his four-seamer has been down to begin this season, and that remained an issue against Colorado. The matchup likely helped his bottom line, but things will get tougher next time out against the Cubs in Wrigley.

Neither is Carlos Correa. The Astros will roll with a double play combination of Brice Matthews at second base and Braden Shewmake at shortstop against RHP Brandon Young.

Lorenzen struck out five and walked three, raising his ERA to 6.09 for the season. He’s continuing to throw seven pitches but remains limited in the shapes and velocities of those offerings. Most of his ERA damage actually came in one bad start against the Phillies, but he’s mostly serving an innings-eating role for a rebuilding Rockies team. Lorenzen’s next start lines up at Coors against the Mets.

Lowe’s homer was his fifth of the year, a second-inning solo shot off Michael Lorenzen, and he later doubled and scored again. He was playing sporadically to begin the season but has now made seven straight starts at DH with Eugenio Suárez (oblique) on the IL. All of his round-trippers have come during this stretch.

It was his lone hit of the contest, but it gave Cincinnati a 3-2 lead in the fifth that put them ahead for good. Friedl has sat against the past five lefties the Reds have faced, but he’s hit leadoff in every game against a right-hander this season.

Freeman’s homer was his first of the year, an opposite-field blast off Andrew Abbott to kick off the scoring in the first. His playing time has been sporadic this season, but he almost always bats in the 1-4 spot when he draws a start.

Doyle plays against all lefties but shares center field with Jake McCarthy against right-handers. Thursday’s theft was his seventh of the year. Doyle is base-stealing at a more aggressive clip than in 2024, when he swiped 30 bags. It’ll be hard to replicate that 23/30 campaign without regular playing time, however. His batting line has also failed to live up to the .260 average and .186 ISO he posted that year.

The game was already broken open when the Astros turned to Jason Alexander in the seventh inning, but Jackson broke it further open by walloping a sweeper over the short fence in left field in Camden Yards to stake the Orioles to a 10-1 lead. Jackson’s power has been a revelation this year, as he’s now hitting .281/300/.500 after a .276/.328/.447 cup of coffee in 48 games last year. Maybe he’s just a good enough hitter that he’ll stick somewhere even when Jackson Holliday comes off the injured list.