It likely won't be official until Monday but the indication is that second baseman Brian Roberts will end up on the 15-day disabled list with a strained abdominal muscle that he injured Friday. Only a major turnaround in Roberts' health would change that scenario.
Triple-A second baseman Justin Turner has been summoned from Norfolk and, if there is no improvement with Roberts, he will be activated Monday.
Roberts was expected to see team doctors once more before game time, and the Orioles had no word as of 12:30 p.m. about Roberts' updated examination.
With the Orioles in the midst of a 16-game streak without a day off, a West Coast trip pending and Felix Pie and Nolan Reimold getting occasional days off to rest their various ailments, the Orioles can't afford to have Roberts unavailable for more than another day or two.
So expect a DL move Monday, unless Roberts is dramatically better today.
Dan Connolly