Saturday night Orioles game thread: at Rays, 6:10

Is this the last “real” night of the baseball season in Baltimore? You can be honest. Some of the players, it seems, are ready for the fall.

It will remain the baseball season to us here at Camden Chat until the World Series champion is crowned sometime in October (or early November). That’s just the way it goes. But you would be forgiven if you stopped paying as much attention to the Orioles after tonight.

The O’s starter tonight, David Hess, is one of the players on the roster that the coaching staff is likely still evaluating. Will he be a starter long term? Is he a bullpen piece? Or is he nothing more than organizational depth that will bounce between Baltimore and Norfolk? Even on a 100-loss team, the games do still matter.

Orioles lineup

1. Cedric Mullins, CF
2. Joey Rickard, RF
3. Jonathan Villar, 2B
4. Trey Mancini, DH
5. Chris Davis, 1B
6. Tim Beckham, SS
7. Chance Sisco, C
8. Renato Núñez, 3B
9. John Andreoli, LF

• RHP David Hess

Rays lineup

1. Mallex Smith, RF
2. Joey Wendle, 3B
3. Tommy Pham, LF
4. Ji-Man Choi, DH
5. Kevin Kiermaier, CF
6. Willy Adames, DD
7. Jake Bauers, 1B
8. Brandon Lowe, 2B
9. Nick Ciuffo, C

• RHP Diego Castillo