BALTIMORE — Friday was shaping up to be an all-too-familiar loss for the Orioles — at a time when they couldn’t afford it, with Monday’s trade deadline looming and president of baseball operations Mike Elias clearly on the fence about which direction to go.

It’s time for weekend baseball at the yard.

The Orioles will look to get it done again Saturday night regardless of how the script plays out when they meet the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in the middle game of a three-game series. Baltimore is looking for its second three-game winning streak since the All-Star break.

The Orioles know the standings and the upcoming pitching matchups. They began the latest homestand 2 ½ games out of the last Wild Card and set to face Phillies rookie Andrew Painter, who had lost eight of his nine decisions and dragged a 7.

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