There was no hiding from it, though he had the chance to, at least for a day. For better or worse, Chris Davis was going to start Monday for the Orioles to begin a four-game series with the Oakland Athletics, and three innings in, he lined out right into the major league record books.
With a lineout to right field in the second inning and a lineout to left field in the third, Davis tied the major league record with 46 straight hitless at-bats dating to 2018. He even got a free chance to avoid that when Athletics second baseman Jurickson Profar dropped a high pop fly in foul territory in his second at-bat, but Davis made his out on the next pitch.