The line score reads like a team that just kept chipping away. The Orioles scored in the 3rd, 5th and 6th innings and never let Houston within a run for long, while the Astros' offense produced just enough to make it look competitive on paper. It's the same formula that carried Baltimore through the whole series — string together enough at-bats and let a diminished Astros lineup do the rest.
- Day-To-DaySamuel Basallo (C) — Basallo exited Sunday's game against Houston early with right shoulder discomfort, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports.07/19
- 10-Day-ILBlaze Alexander (3B) — Alexander (hand) does not have a timeline to return from the 10-day injured list, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.07/17
- 60-Day-ILRyan Helsley (RP) — Baltimore transferred Helsley to the 60-day injured list Sunday.07/19
- 60-Day-ILChris Bassitt (SP) — The Orioles transferred Bassitt (back) to the 60-day injured list Friday, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/18
- 60-Day-ILKeegan Akin (RP) — Akin (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.07/15
- 60-Day-ILFelix Bautista (RP) — Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias said Saturday that Bautista (shoulder) has been "throwing really, really well" in his bullpen sessions, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.06/29
- 60-Day-ILColin Selby (RP) — Selby plans to receive a second opinion on his right shoulder before continuing his rehab program, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.06/29
- 60-Day-ILRyan Mountcastle (1B) — Mountcastle (foot) did some running Saturday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.06/13
- 60-Day-ILJordan Westburg (3B) — Westburg (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday, Andrew Golden of TheBanner.com reports.05/15
- Day-To-DayJeremy Pena (SS) — Pena (hamstring) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.07/19
- Day-To-DayChristian Walker (1B) — Walker (hip) is absent from Sunday's lineup against Baltimore, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.07/19
- 10-Day-ILBrice Matthews (CF) — The Astros announced that Matthews was removed from Sunday's game against the Rangers after the first inning due to a left knee injury, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.07/17
- 15-Day-ILMike Burrows (SP) — General manager Dana Brown said Wednesday that Burrows (elbow) is expected to begin throwing off a mound within the next 7-to-10 days, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.07/15
- 60-Day-ILRonel Blanco (SP) — Blanco (elbow) will be activated by Houston Monday and start Monday's series opener against Miami, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.07/19
- 60-Day-ILBennett Sousa (RP) — Sousa (elbow) struck out one over a scoreless inning in a rehab appearance Sunday with Triple-A Sugar Land.07/07
- 60-Day-ILHayden Wesneski (SP) — Wesneski (elbow) struck out three and allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk across four innings Sunday in a rehab start with Double-A Corpus Christi. He also hit a batter and threw two wild pitches.07/07
- 60-Day-ILBrandon Walter (SP) — The Astros announced Friday that Walter (elbow) is in the midst of a throwing progression at the team's complex in West Palm Beach, Fla., Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.06/04
- 60-Day-ILCarlos Correa (SS) — Correa is scheduled to undergo surgery Monday in Houston to repair the tendon in his left ankle, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.06/02
For Houston, this is starting to look like a season slipping away in real time. The Astros fell to 47-53 with the loss, their fourth setback in five games, and now they're waiting on updates on two everyday infielders at a point in the schedule where they can't afford to lose more ground.
Baltimore, meanwhile, keeps doing this the hard way — winning a series on the road, patching a lineup that just lost its catcher, and getting steady work from Young, who's quietly become one of the better stories in the league this year. At 48-51, the Orioles are still under .500, but a sweep like this is the kind of thing that changes how a season feels.