Danielle Allentuck

“You look at it as an opportunity,” Eflin said. “We have an opportunity to right the ship tomorrow and we are going to show up prepared and ready to go.”

The Orioles have their eyes on clinching a playoff berth and winning the American League East.

On the day, Eflin struck out nine batters and allowed only four hits.

The injury to Eflin, who has been a revelation since arriving ahead of the trade deadline, is the latest to impact a pitching staff that has already lost three starters to season-ending ailments.

On Tuesday, as the Orioles started a two-game series with their beltway rival, Rogers gave up five runs in five innings as the Nationals took game one 9-3.

Austin Slater and Eloy Jiménez were acquired to hit left-handed pitching, and that is what they did in a 7-4 road victory.

Soto was a closer in Detroit, but Philadelphia didn’t have defined roles in its bullpen.

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