Team will show patience with new-look left side

Refreshed Cashner set to return from DL

TORONTO – Before the Orioles’ afternoon game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, third baseman and shortstop did some early defensive work with bench coach getting some additional repetitions to get used to each other.

The left side of the Orioles infield had two defensive breakdowns in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night that cost the Orioles the game in an 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays. Both plays were ruled singles — ground ball that Beckham charged before rushing a bad throw to first and grounder that hit off Núñez’s glove and past Beckham into left field to allow Martin to score the winning run — but they were makeable plays.

But a key component to the Orioles’ rebuild will be patience, and manager said it will take time for the pair to get adjusted to each other.

“Both of them are out there working with Bobby right now trying to get comfortable,” Showalter said before Saturday’s game. “It’ll take a little while. With a guy like Núñez, I’ll leave him alone and let him play a little bit. There are things we do and say to him that we don’t advertise. We’ve seen a lot of players come and go this year. We’ll settle in. It’s one of those things you really evaluate in a couple weeks.”

Núñez was called up Friday to take vacated infield roster spot and started at third base. Beckham, who was the team’s primary shortstop last season, was returning to the position this season for the first time to replace Machado, who was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday. Cashner to return from DL feeling fresh: Right-hander

said his brief stint on the disabled list was more about maintenance than any injury, and he will return from the DL today to make his first start of the second half pain-free.

After his last start July 10, Cashner received a pressure-point injection in his neck and the team placed him on the DL with a neck strain. The injection was welltimed as Cashner missed just one start.

“Yeah I think it was more maintenance than it was an injury,” Cashner said. “I had a chance to get ahead of something. I was just feeling some discomfort and I think, I’ll be able to post the rest of the way.”

Cashner said he’s regularly received some kind of injection during the All-Star break.

“Typically every All-Star break I get injections,” Cashner said. “Where it’s at depends on how I feel. … I think for everybody [the break] a chance to feel pain free. I think that’s the thing for me.” Fry impressing Showalter: Lefthander suffered his first major league loss Friday, the hardluck loser after the Orioles’ 10thinning defensive breakdown, but continued to show signs of promise in his short stint with the major league club.

Fry allowed the two grounders that were ruled hits and struck out two while walking one.

In nine outings, Fry has allowed just two earned runs over 10 innings, posting a 1.80 ERA.

Fry entered a tie game with the winning run on third and two outs in the ninth and struck out lefthanded hitting slugger

to send the game to extra innings. In that at-bat, Fry fell behind 2-0 on a pair of sliders in the dirt, but then got three straight strikes, finishing Smoak off by getting him to swing through a high fastball.

90-91 but you’ve got to play it up because of the late life and late recognition on it with the breaking ball.”

The biggest key to Fry’s early success — other than a deceptive delivery and late break on his slider that has made hitters that haven’t seen him before uncomfortable — is his improved command. He’s averaged 3.8 walks per nine innings over his minor league career, and opening the season at Double-A Norfolk, Fry averaged 5.2 walks per nine, a number he lowered to 1.5 at Triple-A Norfolk and 0.9 with the Orioles. Around the horn: The Orioles announced their starters for next week’s home series against the Red Sox. will start against Boston’s on Monday. and

start on Tuesday and matches up against on Wednesday. … recorded his 29th multihit game this season and is hitting .298 in 48 road games. … With Saturday’s loss, the Orioles have lost six straight at Rogers Centre.