A recap, Wright, Mancini and tonight's game

BOSTON - Now that the Orioles have won back-to-back games, do I hear three?

They did it on Aug. 5-7 before losing the last two against the Angels during their West Coast trip. They need to get on a serious run. No more stopping and starting and stopping again.

The 16 runs last night were the most scored on the road by the Orioles since Aug. 17, 2008 in Detroit and the most at Fenway Park since June 11, 1993.

The Orioles were 8-for-16 with runners in scoring position and are batting .301 this year.

The Red Sox batted out of order in the bottom of the ninth, as a few fans noticed. And I'm sure the Orioles noticed how Rajai Davis took second base on defensive indifference with two outs in the seventh inning and his team losing 16-3.

Lingering questions and curiosities were satisfied before the game.

We learned why Mike Wright was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk and the identity of Sunday's starter. Dylan Bundy was placed on the bereavement list. Wade Miley gets the call to close the series.

We also received confirmation that Zach Britton didn't need a third trip to the disabled list. We already knew that his MRI didn't reveal any structural damage, but the Orioles had to determine that he could pitch again within a reasonable amount of time.

Manager Buck Showalter wasn't getting into specifics. We'll know that Britton is available when he's warming in the bullpen.

As a bonus, we found out that Chris Tillman was starting Monday instead of Sunday and Bundy would take the mound Tuesday or Wednesday.

Wright found out Thursday that the Orioles needed him in Boston instead of pitching the second game of a doubleheader in Norfolk. He was 3-6 with a 4.03 ERA in 15 starts with the Tides.

"The numbers I don't think reflect how well I've felt," he said. "My last game I ended up giving up five runs, but I felt really good through six innings and then that seventh inning, it was my first time getting up to 100 pitches and I could kind of tell. But it's always a work in progress. Pitching is always a work in progress."

Wright starts at Norfolk and works out of the bullpen with the Orioles. Where he stops, everyone knows and it's up to Wright to make the adjustment.

"I've said it since spring training, my job this year is to get outs and that's what I'm going to try to do regardless how they use me," he said. "Just try to compete and let everything else fall into place."

Trey Mancini had a sacrifice fly in the first inning last night, an RBI single in the fifth, a two-run triple in the seventh and a single in the ninth to raise his average to .289. His 75 career RBIs are an Orioles record for a player in his first 118 games.

Did anyone guess in spring training that Mancini would lead the club with three triples?

Mancini doesn't regard himself as a big triples guy despite the nickname "Trey."

"Not really," he said. "I think my junior year in college I randomly had a lot, but I usually just put my head down whenever I get down to second base and decide to go for it, see if I can get it. Triples are fun to hit, for sure."

Kevin Gausman, who starts today, lasted only four innings in his most recent outing against the Angels and he served up four home runs in a 5-1 loss. He's allowed two runs or fewer in five of his last seven games.

Gausman posted a 5.85 ERA and 1.763 WHIP in 19 starts in the first half. He has a 4.02 ERA and 1.340 WHIP in four starts since the break.

The Orioles could use another second-half surge from Gausman, who was 1-6 with a 4.15 ERA and 1.304 WHIP in 15 starts last year in the first half and 8-6 with a 3.10 ERA and 1.258 WHIP in 15 starts following the break.

In two starts against the Red Sox this season, Gausman has gone 0-2 with an 8.53 ERA and 1.895 WHIP in only 6 1/3 innings. He didn't record an out in the second inning on May 3 at Fenway Park before plate umpire Sam Holbrook ejected him for hitting Xander Bogaerts.

Holbrook was the only person alive or dead who thought Gausman was aiming at Bogaerts.

The Orioles will again face one-time farmhand Eduardo Rodriguez, the left-hander who's 4-3 with a 4.01 ERA and 1.247 WHIP in 18 games (17 starts) totaling 98 2/3 innings. He's made two starts at Camden Yards this season, allowing one hit in six scoreless innings on April 23 and seven runs in 5 2/3 innings on June 1.

Rodriguez walked five batters and struck out seven in the first start and walked none with six strikeouts in the rematch. However, the Orioles hit four home runs off him, with Mark Trumbo, Chris Davis, Adam Jones and Jonathan Schoop doing the damage.

Jones is only 5-for-22 (.227) against Rodriguez, but that includes a double, two home runs and six RBIs.

Jones is 20-for-54 (.370) with three doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs in his last 13 games. He's batting .368 with runners in scoring position this season.