When Chris Davis homered out of the cleanup spot in the Orioles’ 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on May 12, his average had climbed from the infamous .000 through 12 games to the brink of .200 in the span of a month. It was hard to imagine they'd be back to this point so quickly.
On Saturday night, Davis was out of the lineup for the second straight game in Colorado and third time in a week as the Orioles try to again pull him out of one of his significant funks. Since that game against the Angels, the Orioles had a pair of rainouts, and in the ensuing 11 games Davis went 4-for-34 (.