Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros meet in game 2 of series

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Houston Astros (11-19, fifth in the AL West) vs. Baltimore Orioles (14-15, third in the AL East)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 6:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Peter Lambert (1-1, 3.27 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Orioles: Chris Bassitt (1-2, 6.75 ERA, 2.06 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)

LINE: Orioles -120, Astros +100; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Houston Astros.

Baltimore is 14-15 overall and 8-8 in home games. Orioles hitters are batting a collective .240, which ranks fifth in the AL.

Houston is 11-19 overall and 3-11 in road games. The Astros have a 6-17 record in games when they have given up a home run.

The teams match up Wednesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Ward has a .313 batting average to lead the Orioles, and has 13 doubles and a home run. Samuel Basallo is 13 for 33 with three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Carlos Correa has seven doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez is 17 for 43 with three doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 5-5, .239 batting average, 4.99 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Astros: 3-7, .249 batting average, 5.87 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Dietrich Enns: 15-Day IL (foot), Heston Kjerstad: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Dean Kremer: 15-Day IL (quadricep), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl), Yaramil Hiraldo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jackson Holliday: 10-Day IL (finger), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot)

Astros: Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (knee), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (groin), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Meyers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nick Allen: 10-Day IL (back), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.