"The .182 batting average that Adrian Beltre carried into the finale at Camden Yards could have been a little higher if not for an official scorer's error ruling Saturday night on a tough ground ball that Brian Roberts couldn't handle.

But that .182 mark looked much better than the .107 average Beltre had after the first game of the Saturday doubleheader. He went 3 for 5 with a homer, double and three RBIs in Game 2, so the could-have-been hit wasn't a big deal.

"I would have taken it, for sure," Beltre said Sunday morning. "I'm not begging yet."

A self-proclaimed slow starter, Beltre isn't fretting his plate performance through the first nine games of the season. He homered again Sunday and headed to Detroit hitting .189."