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Espada has pitched one scoreless inning in two brief stints with the Orioles this season.

Rutschman sat out his second consecutive contest on Tuesday night. It doesn’t sound like a potential injured list situation at the moment, but the Orioles can’t really afford to take any chances with Samuel Basallo playing through a wrist injury. Sam Huff has handled the catching duties in back-to-back games. There should be some additional clarity on his status heading into the final two games of the clubs’ current series against Seattle.

Isbel was 1-for-2 with a walk before being replaced by pinch-runner Tyler Tolbert in the seventh inning.

It’s a somewhat encouraging update after Acuña came up limping following an attempt to beat out a fourth-inning chopper up the third-base line. The 28-year-old fantasy superstar will presumably undergo further evaluation and imaging to determine the severity of the issue and whether he’ll require a trip to the injured list. A definitive update on his status should arrive prior to Wednesday’s showdown in Chicago. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

Freeman collected the 2,500th hit of his career with a run-scoring single to center field, doing so during the Dodgers’ 10-run seventh inning in which 15 batters came to the plate. The 36-year-old first baseman is the majors’ active leader in hits and the first to reach the milestone since Robinson Canó in 2019. He’s in the middle of an extended hot streak at the dish, batting .345 (20-for-58) with four homers and 13 RBI over his last 15 games.

Reynolds went deep for the first time since May 29. He also doubled against lefty reliever Tanner Scott with the Pirates trailing by 10 runs in the ninth inning. The 31-year-old has been ice-cold at the plate since the calendar flipped to June, going 4-for-26 over his last seven games.

After surrendering back-to-back home runs in the opening inning, Lauer settled into a comfortable rhythm, retiring 15 of the final 16 batters he faced. He struck out five and didn’t hand out a free pass. The 31-year-old southpaw was long gone by the time Los Angeles erupted for 10 runs in the seventh inning to pull away for an easy win. He’s allowed two earned runs or fewer in all three of his starts since joining the Dodgers’ rotation back on May 26. He’ll face the Rays in a home matchup on Monday.