Rich Dubroff

Orioles-Astros postponed; Thursday doubleheader at 12:35 p.m.

BALTIMORE–The Orioles-Houston Astros game scheduled for 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday was postponed due to rain. The announcement came just before 2:30 p.m.

The Orioles and Astros will play a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 12:35 p.m.

Chris Bassitt will start Game 1 and Brandon Young will start Game 2. Houston will start Peter Lambert and Lance McCullers.

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Both teams get a 27th player for the doubleheader.

It’s the first postponement of the year for the Orioles.

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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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