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The Orioles recalled Baumann from Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.

Baumann will be back with Baltimore for the second time in less than a week after he previously made a spot start in the first game of a doubleheader with the Blue Jays on Monday. During his upcoming stint with the Orioles, Baumann is likely to serve as a multi-inning option out of the bullpen after Baltimore needed three relievers (not including position player Ryan McKenna) to cover the final 5.1 innings of Saturday's 17-4 loss to the Red Sox. One of those relievers -- Yennier Cano -- was optioned to Triple-A to clear room on the active roster for Baumann.

Sewald earned the save over Atlanta on Saturday, striking out two batters in a perfect inning.

Sewald notched four swinging strikes on 10 pitches and struck out All-Stars Dansby Swanson and Austin Riley to end the game. The veteran reliever hasn't allowed a run since Aug. 24, surrendering just three hits and posting a 10:2 K:BB over 6.1 innings in that span. Sewald's 19 saves are a career high and are tied for eighth most in the American League.

Clase allowed two hits in one-third of an inning to earn the save in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Twins.

The Guardians brought in Bryan Shaw with a 6-0 lead in the ninth inning. That went poorly, with Shaw allowing three runs on four hits and a sacrifice fly. Clase entered the game with one on and two outs and allowed two straight singles for one more run to score before getting Max Kepler on a groundout to end the rally. Despite the shakiness, Clase was able to escape with no runs on his ledger for the second straight outing since his blown save versus the Royals on Wednesday. The 24-year-old owns a 1.36 ERA, 0.74 WHIP and 61:10 K:BB while converting 33 of 36 save chances through 59.2 innings this year. He is now tied with Atlanta's Kenley Jansen for the major-league lead in saves.

Winder will be recalled from Triple-A St. Paul to start Sunday against the Guardians, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Winder was scratched from his scheduled start for St. Paul on Saturday, and the Twins later confirmed that Winder will get the ball for the series finale against Cleveland after Aaron Sanchez was used in relief Friday. Winder, who missed extended time with a shoulder injury, threw four innings apiece in his first two starts back at Triple-A.

Richards will start a bullpen game Sunday against the Rangers, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.

Interim manager John Schneider said that everyone will be available, suggesting we will see a slew of arms in the series finale instead of an opener-primary situation. Richards has not thrown more than two innings in an appearance this season. Jose Berrios will be pushed back to Monday against the Rays.

Patino is slated to start Sunday's road game against the Yankees, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

He'll be making his second straight turn through the rotation after he called up from Triple-A Durham on Monday to step into the injured Shane McClanahan's (shoulder) spot in the rotation. Patino took a no-decision his last time out against Boston, covering five innings and allowing three runs while striking out four.

Bautista (arm) played catch Saturday and has a chance to be available Saturday or Sunday against the Red Sox, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Bautista was unavailable Friday due to arm fatigue, but it looks as though he may have avoided a more serious injury. The Orioles won't know for sure until they see how his arm responds to throwing, but it's possible he's cleared to pitch right away.

Puk (3-2) was charged with the loss against the White Sox on Friday, allowing five earned runs on four hits, a walk and a hit batsman over two-thirds of an inning.

The left-hander was also charged with his fifth blown save of the season in what was a disastrous outing reminiscent of some of his troubles in past seasons. Tasked with closing out the White Sox while working with a 3-0 lead entering the ninth, Puk's frame started off encouragingly enough when he induced a Jose Abreu groundout, but an Eloy Jimenez solo home run, Andrew Vaughn RBI single and a run-scoring single and double by Romy Gonzalez and Elvis Andrus, respectively, accounted for the game-tying and go-ahead runs for Chicago. Prior to Friday's collapse, Puk had been enjoying a stellar second half of the season that had seen him forge a 1-0 record, four saves, six holds, a 2.60 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP across 17.1 innings over 18 appearances.

Romano gave up a hit and struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning Friday to record his 32nd save of the season in a 4-3 win over the Rangers.

The right-hander extended his scoreless streak to 11 straight appearances with another dominant performance. Romano has a 17:3 K:BB through 12.2 innings during that stretch, and he now sports a dazzling 1.99 ERA and 0.99 WHIP on the season.

Winder will likely start Sunday's game against the Guardians, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Winder returned from the injured list at Triple-A St. Paul in late August after missing a month and a half due to a shoulder injury. He was scheduled to start Saturday's game at St. Paul but was ultimately scratched, likely so he can start for the Twins on Sunday. Assuming Winder is called up Sunday, it's not yet clear whether he'll earn more than one turn through the rotation.