BALTIMORE -- Over the past three weeks, the Orioles have added three new pitchers from outside the organization to their staff. All three took the mound Wednesday night. All three produced slightly different results.

Jack Flaherty’s solid start and Jacob Webb’s electric Baltimore debut weren’t enough to beat the Astros, whose eighth-inning rally against Shintaro Fujinami put away the Orioles and sent them to an 8-2 loss at Camden Yards. The O’s only offense came via an Austin Hays two-run homer in the fourth, as they went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.

Now, the Orioles’ streak of consecutive multi-game series without being swept will be in jeopardy with Thursday afternoon’s series finale. If Houston wins, Baltimore’s run will end at 75, a stretch that dates back to when it lost three in Detroit from May 13-15, 2022.

Here’s a breakdown of how the Orioles’ newest trio of hurlers fared in the club’s second straight loss to the Astros:

Flaherty: Five innings, six hits, three earned runs, two walks, eight strikeouts, one home run.

After coming over from St. Louis shortly before the Trade Deadline on Aug. 1, Flaherty turned in an impressive first start for Baltimore last Thursday, striking out eight over six innings of one-run ball in Toronto. The 27-year-old right-hander wasn’t quite as sharp this time out.

However, Flaherty minimized the damage and kept the Orioles in the game. He escaped a pair of bases-loaded jams -- getting Yordan Alvarez to ground out to end the second and striking out Jeremy Peña looking to finish the fifth -- but he gave up a two-run homer to Kyle Tucker in the first and an RBI single to Jose Altuve in the second.

“I thought he pitched well. I thought the command was a little bit off with the breaking ball early, but I thought he got better as the game went on,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “He did a nice job and kept us in the game.”

Flaherty’s 16 strikeouts are a club record for the most over a pitcher’s first two outings for the O’s. But he was unsatisfied with his Camden Yards debut because he couldn’t work at least six innings.

“Getting through five isn’t going to get it done. It’s great to limit damage and whatnot and make some big pitches in big spots,” Flaherty said. “But you’ve got to find a way to go deeper.”

Webb: One inning, three strikeouts.

A 29-year-old right-hander claimed off waivers from the Angels on Monday, Webb couldn’t have had a much better Orioles debut. He struck out the Astros in order in the sixth, as Mauricio Dubón, Martín Maldonado and Altuve all went down swinging.

Webb became the first reliever to strike out all three batters he faced in an inning in his first appearance for Baltimore since righty Alberto Reyes, who achieved the feat vs. the Angels on July 25, 1999.

It’s always nice to have bullpen depth, and the Orioles increased theirs with the addition of Webb, who proved he could end up being a quality addition to the staff. After pitching in the postseason for the Braves for 2021, he’s hoping to get a chance to pitch there again this year.

“It’s very exciting,” Webb said. “It’s obviously what everyone here is trying to accomplish.”

Fujinami: Two-thirds of an inning pitched, three earned runs, three walks.

The 29-year-old Japanese right-hander, who was acquired from Oakland in a July 19 trade, got off to a slow start for Baltimore, allowing three runs in 1 2/3 innings over his first two outings. But he had yielded only one unearned run in seven innings over his six previous appearances entering Wednesday.

Fujinami has impressive stuff (highlighted by a four-seam fastball that can touch 103 mph), but he’s had trouble locating at times. That was the case vs. Houston, as he issued three consecutive two-out walks in the eighth before departing. All three runners then came in to score during a four-run rally for the Astros that stretched their lead to 7-2.

“I looked at the first two walks; he just barely missed off the edges on a few pitches,” Hyde said.

As long as Fujinami doesn’t have prolonged command issues, he’s already proven he can be a valuable back-end bullpen piece for the Orioles down the stretch. So the club will hope to see him get back on track his next time out.