Some off-days arrive in more timely fashion than others.

The Orioles need a reset and a reboot after yesterday’s bizarre 10-inning loss in Anaheim. They need to rebound from it, beginning Friday night against the Nationals at Camden Yards.

What they can’t do is retreat.

This team needs to push forward and make up ground in the standings. The trade deadline is Aug. 3, and the front office has to decide whether it buys or sells. The opportunities to take advantage of a weak American League are going to melt away in the summer heat.

“Just erase what just happened,” catcher Samuel Basallo said at his locker via interpreter Brandon Quinones. “Be focused on trying to get better, trying to clean up the things that we can do better. I think we all understand and we know there’s a lot of areas that we can continue to improve upon and get better on.”

Execution and luck are on the list. I’m not sure how to tackle the latter.

The winning run scored yesterday on a 15-foot check-swing roller up the third base line and Basallo’s decision to go for the tag rather than trying to make the throw to first base. The odds weren’t favorable either way, but he had no chance to get Nolan Schanuel, who took a wide path to the plate.

“That was an instinct play there,” Basallo said. “That was my instinct to go for the tag there. Sometimes you’re gonna mess up and I think I messed up on that play. I don’t think the game should have got to that point. I think that’s a game we should have won easily. It was a mental error, but it’s a game we should have won earlier. It shouldn’t have gotten to that point.”

Basallo did his part earlier with a pair of two-run homers off Angels starter José Soriano, but the outcome washed away any enthusiasm he might have felt.

“It was a good game offensively,” he said, “but that doesn’t matter now cause we lost that game.”

And more ground in the standings.

*The Orioles have used 18 relievers this season if you count Trey Gibson’s one bullpen appearance, 19 if you count Cade Povich’s 5 2/3 relief innings in Pittsburgh on April 5, and 20 if you include the two games with Chris Bassitt working behind an opener. Twenty-one if you factor in Weston Wilson’s three emergency appearances on the mound, but those outings are unplanned.

Left-hander Andrew Magno is waiting his turn with Triple-A Norfolk, perhaps inching closer to his long-awaited major league debut.

Magno, 28, brought a 0.59 ERA and 1.220 WHIP into last night’s doubleheader. Opponents were batting .200, with Magno holding left-handed hitters to a .186/.245/.279 line and right-handers to a .210/.338/.242 line. He hadn’t allowed a run at Harbor Park in 13 1/3 innings.

Another scoreless inning was achieved last night in Game 2, with a hit, walk and two strikeouts. His ERA is 0.57.

The Orioles signed Magno to a minor league contract on Dec. 2 after he posted a 2.31 ERA in 42 games with Double-A Erie in the Tigers’ system. He struck out 76 batters and allowed only two home runs in 66 1/3 innings.

Magno’s work in Triple-A hadn’t produced the same results. He posted a 6.62 ERA and 1.828 WHIP and averaged 5.7 walks per nine innings over 50 1/3 with Toledo in 2024.

A camp invite this spring didn’t necessarily put Magno on the team’s radar. He appeared in four games and allowed three earned runs (five total) in four innings.

“He’s been really good for us,” said Norfolk pitching coach Jeff Ware. “We’ve been impressed with his velocity this year, the 92-95 range. I believe he’s even been up to 96. He’s improved his strike-throwing ability, which has been great compared to the past couple of years when he was with the Tigers.

“I think what makes him really special, too, is that his slider and his curveball are two of his big strengths. And his ability to pitch up in the zone with his fastball, too. He’s had a lot of success versus righties and lefties, which has been pretty great to see. And he’s a great competitor. We’ve pitched him in any situation, whether it’s been  a high leverage, backend of the game situation, if it’s been one inning two innings, things like that. He’s been very versatile and I think that’s gonna really help him, especially once he gets to the big leagues and be able to do these types of things.”

Magno, a 15th-round pick out of Ohio State in 2019, has 256 minor league games on his resume in seven seasons. The phone doesn’t ring for him unless it’s in the bullpen.

“You definitely want to root for him,” Ware said. “The guy’s been around for a little bit. And it’s the person, too. He’s a great guy, he works his tail off, his routines are solid, and he’s the same guy every day when he comes to the field. He’s ready to pitch every day. Those are some big qualities you like to have, not only on the field but in the clubhouse, as well.”

*Norfolk reliever Jackson Kowar, who put up a spirited fight to make the club in spring training with his high-velocity fastball, underwent right shoulder arthroscopic debridement surgery yesterday with Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas.

Kowar appeared in five games with Norfolk, the last on April 12, and allowed two earned runs (three total) with five strikeouts in five innings.

The Orioles outrighted Kowar after he was designated for assignment on March 25. He had a 1.50 ERA in six exhibition games.

*Center fielder Enrique Bradfield Jr., ranked by MLB Pipeline as the organization’s No. 8 prospect, was removed from Game 1 as a precaution with left leg discomfort.

Injuries keep dragging down Bradfield, who’s batting .209 with a .592 OPS in 25 games with the Tides. He played in a combined 10 rehab games with Class A Delmarva and High-A Frederick after going on the IL with a left hand injury.

*The Orioles and Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) will offer free roundtrip MARC Camden Line Service to and from the ballpark on Friday, when the latest homestand begins against the Nationals at 7:05 p.m.

According the a press release, the Camden Line will be free beginning at 3:30 p.m. and will have extended service with a final train departing 30 minutes after the game. The final MARC train will make all Camden Line stops to Washington Union Station.

Fans can visit MTA.Maryland.gov for more information.

The 15,000 fans will receive an Orioles Pride Night Jersey giveaway.