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Orioles rookie pitchers leaving strong final impressions in bids for 2022 rotation spots

Cedric Mullins achieving the Orioles’ first 30-30 season was understandably the highlight Friday night, but it shouldn’t be lost that left-hander Alexander Wells provided a third straight solid start from a Baltimore rookie.

Wells followed Keegan Akin and Zac Lowther with five innings of three-run ball against the Texas Rangers, recovering from a two-out, two-run home run in the first inning to allow one run over his final four frames. In what turned out to be his final start of the year before he was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a left adductor strain, Akin took a shutout into the sixth inning Wednesday against a Philadelphia Phillies team pursuing a playoff spot.