After the bullpen blew a ninth-inning lead, rookie catcher Samuel Basallo drove in the winning run with an RBI groundout in the 11th to help the Orioles escape with a 4-3 win and sweep their two-game series.

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.

Basallo will play everyday but will be the No. 2 catcher behind Adley Rutschman while also seeing time at first base and DH.

Samuel Basallo’s wait is over. The Orioles promoted the catcher, the club’s top prospect, to the big leagues on Sunday.

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It's onward and upward for Greg Allen. MLB Trade Rumors reports the former New York Yankees prospect declined a minor-league assignment from the Baltimore Oriol

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.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/orioles as Orioles can be most dangerous spoiler in baseball down the stretch. 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 the end of July.