Hyde on Davis' latest day off and more (O's down 10-3)

While the rest of his teammates were inside the clubhouse today or headed to the ballpark, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis grabbed a bat and met up again with hitting coach Don Long for an early batting session on the field.

Davis hit off a tee again, but without the slow-motion camera set up behind him. He's working on staying shorter to the ball, tweaking his swing while trying to change the direction of his season and career.

The lineup doesn't include Davis again tonight, more unusual because the Athletics are starting right-hander Frankie Montas. He's expected to play Thursday afternoon.

"He had another good work day on the field today," said manager Brandon Hyde. "Him and Don out there the last couple of days, doing some drills. I watched one today. I thought it was really, really good.

"Giving C.D. another day off and probably back in there tomorrow."

Will another record fall?

Davis' streak of hitless at-bats has reached 49, the most in major league history. One more hitless plate appearance ties him with Tony Bernazard, who set the mark with 57 in 1984.

His last hit was a run-scoring double against the White Sox's James Shields on Sept. 14. Three line drives to the outfield Monday night, the first directly at the right fielder and the last registering 103.5 mph via Statcast, produced three more outs.

The early work with Long might be put on hold Wednesday with first pitch set for 12:35 p.m.

Left-hander Josh Rogers, recalled this afternoon, is expected to follow starter Dan Straily. The Orioles scratched Rogers from his start yesterday with Triple-A Norfolk and summoned him to Baltimore while they placed Alex Cobb on the 10-day injured list with a lumbar strain.

"I definitely wasn't expecting it this early," he said. "I text Alex and Cash (Andrew Cashner) a couple times a week and stay in contact with them. I'm excited to be back here for sure.

"I didn't know when it was going to be, but was hoping it would happen sooner than later. Glad to be back, hoping I can make an impression."

The latest opportunity will come out of the bullpen after Rogers made three starts between Aug. 28-Sept. 9.

"I think there's a good chance," Hyde said. "Their lineup is pretty heavy right-handed, so Josh is going to come in here and give us some length. That's why we're starting Dan, because they're so right-handed. But they have a really good lineup. It's a good club.

"Dan's going to be on short ... not a normal start, just because he was built up at the end of spring training and then had a couple weeks here where he didn't have regular starts and was at home throwing bullpens and those types of things. He's going to be limited and Josh is stretched out, so we're going to have Josh for coverage there with some innings."

Rogers is known to speed up the tempo of a game, one of his more appealing qualities.

"He's a guy that works fast, throws strikes, that keeps you off balance," Hyde said. "I think we're going to get a good look at him and see what he looks like, also."

Update: Chad Pinder homered to right-center field in the second inning to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead.

Update II: Straily retired the first two batters in the third inning before Marcus Semien singled and scored on Matt Chapman's double, and Khris Davis blooped an RBI single into right field for a 3-0 lead.

Update III: Jurickson Profar hit a two-run homer off Straily in the fourth to give Oakland a 5-0 lead. Straily is done after 3 1/3 innings.

Update IV: Davis' two-run shot off Rogers in the fifth extended the lead to 7-0.

Update V: Trey Mancini led off the bottom of the fifth inning with his sixth home run after Frankie Montas retired the first 12 batters, and Rio Ruiz hit a two-run shot to cut the lead to 7-3.

Update VI: Chapman and Davis hit back-to-back home runs off Rogers in the seventh for a 10-3 lead.

The Orioles announced that Drew Jackson cleared waivers and was returned to the Dodgers.