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Mayo’s home run was his 13th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Bryan King in the sixth inning. Mayo is 595 plate appearances into his big league career and it’s clear he has power (.169 career ISO) and will strike out (32 percent career strikeout percentage). Mayo is hitting .197 in his career. While he’s potentially more of a .230-hitter, it doesn’t make much of a difference for fantasy considering he’s more of a 20-homer guy than a 40-homer guy.

Young gave up five hits, walked one and struck out seven. He improved to 8-2 with the win. Young was excellent in this start, holding the Astros to one run in seven innings. He has a 3.25 ERA and a 4.50 xFIP. Young is lined up to face the Braves at home next weekend.

The 21-year-old backstop suffered the injury on a swing in the second inning and was replaced by Sam Huff when the Orioles took the field in the bottom of the frame. No word yet on the severity of the injury or how long he may be shelved for.

Sanders was with the big league club for just two games this time around, but he heads back to Triple-A to make room on the active roster for Sam Huff. Sanders has yet to allow a baserunner in two appearances with the O’s this season, hurling 1 2/3 scoreless frames with a pair of strikeouts. It shouldn’t take him long to earn another opportunity with the big league club.

Huff will rejoin the Orioles for Sunday’s series finale against the Astros in Houston where he’ll provide an extra catcher on the bench. Cam Sanders was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk in a corresponding move on Sunday.

Helsley is still in the process of resting before he begins to build back up. The good news is that his UCL ligament itself is intact and he’s only dealing with inflammation, but he’s far from being out of the woods yet. This move clears a spot on the Orioles’ 40-man roster for the addition of Sam Huff on Sunday.

This means Bradish will pitch in Boston instead of in Houston, which seems like a downgrade right now. It does give Bradish a night to celebrate his $90 million extension, however.

O’Neill entered the game in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter, but didn’t make an impact until the 11th. His go-ahead RBI single gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead and they would go on to win 4-2. While O’Neill is hitting just .199 on the season, he’s shown signs of life in recent weeks.

Rogers gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out eight. The 28-year-old left-hander had an excellent outing, but was pulled after allowing back-to-back singles with one out in the seventh inning. One of the runs that was Rogers’ responsibility came around to score, tying the game 1-1. He lowered his ERA to 4.28. Rogers is lined up to face the Braves at home next weekend.

Bradish hasn’t had his best season — in fact it’s been his worst by ERA at 3.61 since his rookie campaign — but it’s certainly understandable why Baltimore would want to wrap the 29-year-old up at a rate that makes sense for both parties. For his career, he owns a The right-hander will pitch at or near the top of the Baltimore rotation for the remainder of the decade, barring a trade, of course. He owns a career 3.50 ERA, 9.4 K/9 and 1.20 WHIP over his 465 career innings.