Thursday doubleheader Orioles game thread: vs. Astros, 12:35
Let’s play two, as the Orioles and Astros finish their series with a twin bill this afternoon.
BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 11: Chris Bassitt #40 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches against the San Francisco Giants at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 11, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) | Getty Images Are you ready for 6+ hours of Orioles/Astros action? Well, too bad.
You’re getting it anyway. Last night’s rainout has set up the Orioles’ first doubleheader of the season. They’ll play their regularly scheduled 12:35 game followed by the makeup game about half an hour after the first one finishes.
Last season the Orioles played five doubleheaders, getting progressively better at them as the year went on. The O’s were swept in the first two, split the next one, and did the sweeping in the last two. The only time the O’s and Astros have ever played each other in a doubleheader was on Sept.
29, 2018, when Houston won both games. The scheduled starting pitchers from Wednesday’s rainout, righties Chris Bassitt and Peter Lambert, will both take the hill in the first game this afternoon. Lambert, a former Colorado Rockies washout, is back in the U.