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Orioles activate Hart for bullpen help vs. Braves

ATLANTA -- After a 15-inning, five-plus-hour game on Friday night that called for 13 different relievers spanning between the Orioles and Braves, both clubs needed an extra arm out of the bullpen to help finish out the weekend.

O's manager Buck Showalter announced before Saturday's game that left-handed reliever Donnie Hart was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the weekend's second of three games against the Braves at SunTrust Park, while utility man Steve Wilkerson was optioned to Norfolk.

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"We would have liked to have kept (Wilkerson)," Showalter said.