Another series is in the books and the Orioles have moved on to the Rays, who arrive at Camden Yards for three games.
Sportswriters are prisoners to lists of five, but three sounds right. So here are three more observations while I wait for the lineup to be posted – and for more questions about possible call-ups.
I swear, I don’t have any inside information on Jacob Nottingham.
* Trey Mancini keeps squaring up baseballs, but now they’re finding grass or the seats.
Mancini entered yesterday slashing .375/.444/.500 in May, the second-highest average in the American League and third-highest on-base percentage. He’s reached base in 13 consecutive games after lining a single into center field in the first inning, and is batting .360 (18-for-50) with two home runs and five RBIs during that span, including his 10-pitch single in the ninth inning that led to Anthony Santander’s walk-off home run.