Bradish gets shelled, but Basallo’s MRI comes back clean as Orioles fall to Blue Jays

The Baltimore Orioles’ attention turned quickly from one issue to another Saturday at Rogers Centre, where they lost 6-4 to the Toronto Blue Jays. Kyle Bradish’s night ended after four innings, and it was a rough one by his standards, with nine hits and three walks allowed in that span. Orioles hitters mounted a comeback later, but the damage was done early and mid-game, and the club dropped back into a third-place tie with a 31-34 record, according to MASN game coverage.

Bradish’s command wavered from the start. MASN reported that his final line included five runs (with the damage concentrated in the third inning), three strikeouts, and three walks. If you convert the baserunners he allowed into a simple WHIP-style measure, his WHIP comes out to 3.0 for the outing (12 baserunners over four innings), illustrating why the Orioles could not string together enough outs quickly enough even as the bullpen tried to stabilize later.

The one clear piece of positive news for Baltimore involved catcher Samuel Basallo. Basallo exited Friday’s game at Toronto with right abdominal discomfort, and the Orioles said Saturday that imaging came back clean. ’s Orioles injury and transactions page listed Basallo’s injury as right abdominal discomfort, noting that he left the June 5 game at Toronto as a precaution and that an MRI came back clean, with return expectations listed as TBD. That update matters because it allowed the club to treat the situation as serious enough to adjust, but not serious enough to escalate to the injured list.

Even with the reassuring MRI result, Basallo was not in the starting lineup Saturday. MASN reported that Jackson started for him in the sixth inning on Friday and that Basallo was absent from the Saturday lineup, though he did pinch-hit for Jonathan (Jeremiah) Jackson’s opposing side, as described in MASN’s recap. The most immediate roster response came on the same day as the imaging update: Baltimore selected catcher Sam Huff’s contract and designated Weston Wilson for assignment to create an extra catching option while Basallo monitored his status.

Baseball’s working reality is that catchers are hard to replace in-season, and depth at that position becomes a premium the moment you lose a primary option for a day or two. ’s transactions page shows that the Orioles designated Weston Wilson for assignment and selected the contract of Sam Huff on June 6, aligning with the team’s approach of building in flexibility rather than forcing Basallo back before he was fully ready.

What to watch next is whether Bradish can recover from a game in which his run prevention slipped quickly, and whether Basallo’s clean MRI translates into consistent availability behind the plate. For the Orioles, the practical goal is stability: keep the rotation from having second starts that “pause” improvement, and protect the catcher depth plan so one precautionary day does not turn into a week of constant lineup tinkering. The next real test will be how Baltimore manages the follow-up series and pitch-calling adjustments after this kind of uneven outing.