BALTIMORE -- Samuel Basallo exited during the bottom of the ninth inning of the Orioles’ 6-2 loss to the Rays at Camden Yards on Wednesday night, when he was plunked in the right hand/wrist area on a fastball by right-hander Pete Fairbanks.

Basallo (Baltimore’s No. 1 prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 8 overall ) immediately bent over in pain, then quickly exited with a trainer down the steps of the first-base dugout. The pitch was a 96.6 mph heater from Fairbanks.

It is not yet known how severe the injury may be for Basallo, who is hitting .176 with a .596 OPS through the first 29 games of his MLB career. On Sept. 6, Basallo exited a win over the Dodgers after taking a foul ball off his right hand while catching , but the 21-year-old avoided the injured list and returned to the l

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