If the Red Sox keep playing like this, though, it threatens to be an awfully short October — assuming they qualify. The Sox dropped another stunner, 4-3, in 11 innings to the Orioles, after leaving the bases loaded in the eighth, ninth, and 10th innings.

Ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Boston Red Sox, Rutschman was removed from the lineup due to right abdominal discomfort. “Adley Rutschman has been scratched with right abdominal discomfort, the Orioles say. Updated lineup for tonight’s game against the Red Sox,” wrote The Baltimore Sun’s Matt Weyrich.

The Baltimore Orioles promoted outfield prospect Dylan Beavers from Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday, slotting him into the starting lineup for his MLB debut where he'll bat sixth and play right field in Houston against the Astros.

His trip to the injured list with the left oblique strain was his first time on the IL in his four-year career.

Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman was scratched from Tuesday's starting lineup due to right abdominal discomfort.

The Orioles have improved their play recently, winning five out of their last six games, and they have a couple of younger players to thank for providing a spark to the club.

Good news for former UVA Baseball product Ethan Anderson, who was called up to the Baltimore Orioles’ Double-A team in Chesapeake on Tuesday.

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Basallo, 21, is a former international signee out of the Dominican Republic and is a consensus top-15 prospect in the majors at this point. CBS Sports prospect expert R.J. Anderson ranked Basallo ninth overall in his midseason rankings this year, saying the following:

The odds of the Baltimore Orioles making the MLB postseason this year are virtually zero, which was hammered home by how they approached the trade deadline at t