The Orioles made roster moves before the last two games of their road trip, reinstating Adley Rutschman from the 10-day injured list and recalling reliever Jose Espada. Catcher Sam Huff was designated for assignment and closer Ryan Helsley went on the family medical emergency list as corresponding transactions.

The club is off today and could extend the streak Friday with outfielder Tyler O’Neill, who remains on the concussion injured list.

Relievers Andrew Kittredge, Keegan Akin and Dietrich Enns remain on rehab assignments with Triple-A Norfolk and could begin filtering back to the Orioles at any time.

Second baseman Jackson Holliday isn’t close to making his 2026 debut. He underwent an MRI yesterday on his right hand after leaving Tuesday night’s game with Norfolk in the first inning due to the discomfort he felt on a strikeout. Manager Craig Albernaz told the media afterward that the club was reviewing the images and might know more later that night or today.

Whatever the results, Holliday likely will be shut down again before hopefully resuming his second rehab assignment.

Back in spring training, the hope was that Holliday could return in mid-April. He pretty much set it as a goal. That’s as close as we get to timelines around here.

And now you know why the club doesn’t believe in them. We’ve blown past mid-April and Holliday hasn’t played a game with the Orioles.

Meanwhile, a 3-4 road trip isn’t cause for celebration, but it looked much better after three losses in Cleveland. Each game was a grind. Each one was slathered in weirdness. But the Orioles have 12 victories, a total they didn’t reach last season until April 30.

Parker Messick entered the ninth inning last Thursday with a shot at becoming the eighth pitcher to no-hit the Orioles. Leody Taveras grounded a single into right field to prevent that embarrassment, and they scored twice after loading the bases with no outs in a 4-2 loss to the Guardians.

The drama had shifted but the comeback wasn’t completed.

Daniel Schneemann hit a grand slam off Anthony Nunez to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning of the following game, but the Orioles responded with a six-run eighth highlighted by Taveras’ three-run homer. The team’s mental toughness and resiliency were lauded in the media and the clubhouse.

The Orioles lost the next two, with Dean Kremer surrendering a three-run homer to Brayan Rocchio in the fifth inning Saturday after they led 1-0. The Guardians built a 5-0 lead by the fourth inning and the Orioles scored four times in the fifth to flirt with a split. They came up short.

The abnormalities spiked in Kansas City.

Gunnar Henderson was picked off twice in the opener, making him the first Oriole since Alan Wiggins on Aug. 30, 1985, per STATS. The Royals were outhitting the Orioles 11-1 going into the ninth and led 1-0 on a sole home run. Samuel Basallo had an RBI single to tie the game with two outs and it continued until the 12th. Taveras hit his first career grand slam. Cam Foster allowed three runs in the bottom half but held on for a crazy win.

The Orioles turned an 8-5-6 double play in the 10th. Kansas City stranded 16 runners on the night.

Coby Mayo hit his longest major league home run Tuesday night at 439 feet with his highest exit velocity at 114.2 mph. The three-run shot didn’t hold up, of course. The Royals chipped away at the lead and went ahead 4-3 in the seventh, Rutschman hit a two-run homer in the eighth after his reinstatement, and Rico Garcia finally gave up his first hit and run on Michael Massey’s solo homer in the bottom half of the inning.

A normal ending was too much to ask. The Royals walked it off in the ninth on Helsley’s second wild pitch.

Kansas City had lost eight in a row, which made the outcome sting a little more.

The Orioles hadn’t lost on a walk-off wild pitch since July 24, 1994 in Oakland. Mark Eichhorn threw it after inheriting a runner from Tom Bolton.

None of us will forget where we were that day. Some of us might remember Tom Bolton.

Yesterday’s craziness included another Mayo three-run shot, this one 452 feet to an area above the fountains where fans don’t bring gloves. Pete Alonso’s two-run homer gave the Orioles a grand total of five runs in the first inning this season.

The Orioles erupted for six runs in the top of the sixth for an 8-3 lead and immediately gave back three runs. There had to be tension. This team seems to use it as fuel.

Nunez recorded his first major league win and save in Kansas City. He struck out Bobby Witt Jr. with a nasty sweeper yesterday to strand a runner, end the game and earn the laundry cart treatment.

The comeback victory was the eighth this season.

Now comes an off-day after a stretch of 13 straight games, with another off-day Monday, because Major League Baseball likes to bunch them together.

The last-place Red Sox are coming to town. Finally, a division opponent.

They’re starting right-hander Brayan Bello Friday, left-hander Garrett Crochet Saturday and left-hander Connelly Early Sunday. The Orioles haven’t listed their probables and could do a little shuffling with a break in the schedule. Otherwise, it lines up as Kremer, Trevor Rogers and Kyle Bradish.