Friday night Orioles game thread: at Astros, 8:10 ET

Gunnar Henderson completes a double play as Alex Bregman slides into second last September in Houston, Texas.Whew, it’s been an insane month of baseball. Since May 27, the Orioles have played only AL or NL East teams, with just one series against a losing team (Tampa Bay). They’ve had exactly two days off in that stretch, and also lost two key pieces of their team to elbow injuries (Kyle Bradish and Danny Coulombe, although Coulombe could be back in September).

Yet despite these hurdles, Baltimore is 16-7 in that stretch, including a glorious series-capping 17-5 demolition of the Yankees on Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Now boasting the best run differential in baseball and an MLB-leading…