Minors

Orioles’ minor league roundup: Basallo homers in catching debut for Bowie; 4 homers for Norfolk

Samuel Basallo caught his first game for Double-A Bowie this season, and he homered in the fourth inning and drove in three runs in a 10-8 win over Erie.

Rightfielder Dylan Beavers and leftfielder John Rhodes each drove in two. Designated hitter Connor Pavolony also homered.

Starter Alex Pham allowed four runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Triple-A Norfolk beat Nashville, 11-5. The Tides hit five home runs. Leftfielder Connor Norby drove in three runs and hit his seventh homer. Rightfielder Kyle Stowers hit his ninth, Designated hitter Daniel Johnson drove in three and hit his fourth. Third baseman Coby Mayo hit a three-run homer, his ninth.

Second baseman Jackson Holliday had three hits and drove in a run.

Bruce Zimmermann pitched five scoreless innings, allowing three hits, striking out four and walking one.

Brooklyn beat High-A Aberdeen, 9-2.

Fayetteville beat Single-A Delmarva, 10-2. The Shorebirds are 3-18.

Infielder Ryan Higgins and right-handed pitcher Cameron Weston were promoted from Aberdeen to Bowie. Centerfielder Douglas Hodo was promoted from Delmarva to Aberdeen, and infielder Nick Maton began a minor league rehab assignment with Aberdeen.

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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