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Baltimore Orioles Beat Houston Astros to Keep Incredibly Impressive Streak Alive

The Baltimore Orioles continued their historic streak of not getting swept on Thursday by beating the Houston Astros, 5-4.

Brady Farkas

Baltimore Orioles Beat Houston Astros to Keep Incredibly Impressive Streak Alive
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The Baltimore Orioles wobbled but ultimately were able to beat the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon, preserving their historic streak of not getting swept in a series.

The O's won the game 5-4 as the Astros ended the top of the ninth inning with the bases loaded.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

most consecutive series of 2+ games without being swept: 

1942-44 Cardinals: 125 

1903-05 Giants: 106 

1922-24 Yankees: 83 

2022-pres. Orioles: 76 ** 

active streak extended w/HOU series h/t @EliasSports

The Astros took the first two games of this series, getting a massive grand slam from Kyle Tucker to win game one. Closer Felix Bautista allowed a run in the ninth inning again on Thursday but ultimately was able to shut the door.

Baltimore got a home run from Adley Rutschman in the win, while also getting a triple from Ramon Urias. At 71-44, the O's have the best record in the American League and are primed for the No. 1 seed in the American League playoffs.

The loss put the Astros at 66-50. They are 2.5 games behind the Texas Rangers for first place in the American League West. They also have a firm grip on the number two spot in the AL wild card race right now.

Baltimore will travel across the country to start an important series with the surging Seattle Mariners on Friday night. First pitch is 10:10 as the M's have won seven straight to thrust themselves to just 1.5 back in the wild card race.

Luis Castillo (SEA) pitches against Kyle Gibson (BAL).

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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