The Orioles are done with their visit to St. Louis after today, returning to the American League with a three-game series against the Athletics in Sacramento.

Left-hander Trevor Rogers makes his 25th start, tying his career-high totals in 2021 and 2024. He’s one-third of an inning away from matching his personal best of 133 with the Marlins in ’21.

Rogers was reunited with catcher Samuel Basallo in Friday’s outing, when he faced the Rays and allowed three runs in seven innings for his third quality start this month.

Six different catchers have been paired with Rogers this season and Basallo easily leads the pack with 13 starts. Adley Rutschman was next with four before his trade to the Red Sox.

Rogers has posted a 2.93 ERA, 1.122 WHIP and .233 opponent average with Basallo behind the plate, their relationship paused while the rookie spent a month on the injured list.

“It was great having him back there behind the dish again,” Rogers said. “It kind of seemed like we just picked up where we left off, just the in sync and clicking on all cylinders. It’s nice to take less of the thinking off my part and really trust what Sammy’s calling back there, what he’s seeing. So I was really happy to have him back there again.”

Rogers had an 8.82 ERA with Rutschman, a 6.75 ERA in two games with Sam Huff and a 4.15 ERA in two games with Chadwick Tromp. He’s got a 3.60 ERA in two games with Carlos Narváez and a 3.00 ERA in one game with Yohel Pozo.

With the other five catchers, Rogers has posted a 5.79 ERA, 1.393 WHIP and .274 opponent average.

The Orioles tied their franchise record of seven catchers, set last season, when Jake Rogers is included prior to joining Rutschman in the Red Sox deal. Rogers caught Brandon Young, Shane Baz and Kyle Bradish.

Trevor Rogers has grown accustomed to catchers passing through the clubhouse and scrambling to learn a new staff. Narváez arrived from the Red Sox at the trade deadline, after the Orioles claimed Pozo on waivers from the Cardinals.

“It’s a little difficult at times,” Rogers said. “Navi coming right over and trying to figure out the whole pitching staff and bullpen, he’s done a great job. Pozo, too. I was just trying to communicate the best I can, how I like to work, where I like them setting up. And I think that’s probably the most difficult job for them is where we like them to set up based on guy to guy.

“The communication level has been great. They’ve been doing a really good job.”

Basallo played first base last night while the Orioles used Pete Alonso as the designated hitter to go easy on his sore calf. They could put Basallo behind the plate today and insert Coby Mayo at first base.

Just a thought.

Opponents had a stolen-base percentage of 69.7 against the Orioles going into the Cardinals series. It would be the best mark by any American League team in a single season over the last five years.

*Outfielder Colten Cowser began the road trip with a .553 slugging percentage when batting eighth or ninth, which he did in 22 combined starts and 40 games overall.

Cowser ranked second in slugging in a minimum 75 plate appearances behind the Athletics’ Zack Gelof at .603.

According to STATS, Cowser’s .553 slugging in those spots in the lineup would be the highest by an Orioles player in a minimum 75 plate appearances since catcher Wellington Castillo in 2017 (.577).

This was before he singled last night in the fifth and eighth innings.

Cowser has a 1.024 OPS in 45 day games, the fourth-highest mark among qualified hitters in the majors.

*I mentioned Tuesday that Chris Bassitt set a team record by making his first 15 starts with the Orioles against 15 different opponents. Here’s the rest:

Bassitt is three ahead of Bud Norris in 2013-14, Jake Arrieta in 2010 and Daniel Cabrera in 2004.

The more you know …

*The news that Trey Mancini was retiring brought back so many memories from his days with the Orioles. The good and the bad, from his accomplishments to his colon cancer diagnosis in March 2020.

That’s a wide range of emotions.

Mancini missed the entire season, beat Stage 3 and came back in 2021. He earned every standing ovation.

Who can forget his participation in the 2021 Home Run Derby, when he reached the finals as the sentimental favorite?

Alonso certainly won’t, since he defeated Mancini 23-22 at Coors Field in Colorado.

Alonso defended his 2019 title – the 2020 All-Star Game was canceled due to the pandemic – and became only the third player to win it in back-to-back derbies. But he also knew that Mancini was the real story.

The respect that Alonso had for Mancini grew exponentially.

“I know where he came from in Florida, it’s kind of like a small town, but for him to really carve out an incredible career for himself … he’s a world champion. He had a really, really nice career for himself,” Alonso said.

“For the adversity he faced in this game, it’s really special what he was able to overcome. Not just in a baseball sense, but in life. That’s really special, and something that him, his family and every team that he played for should be proud to have him and represent their organization and their city because his entire career, he’s been a class act.

“For him to say goodbye, obviously bittersweet, but he had some really incredible moments, and congratulations. Very happy for him.”

*Michael Forret, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the organization’s No. 10 prospect, has made three appearances with Triple-A Norfolk since the Orioles brought him back to the organization in the Tyler Wells trade with the Rays. They drafted him in the 14th round in 2023 out of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Bradenton.

He must be looking forward to spring training.

Forret, 22, allowed two runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings in Buffalo in his first game with Norfolk, but he surrendered eight runs and 10 hits in five innings against Gwinnett. He pitched in relief  Saturday against Nashville in a game that originally was started by Cade Povich until rain caused a postponement, and he allowed two runs in five innings.

“He’s made a really good impression, actually,” Tides pitching coach Jeff Ware said before Forret’s most recent outing. “Even though the numbers haven’t been that great, he’s got a good head on his shoulders. He knows what he’s doing, good game plan. We’re working on a couple of different things from a pitch arsenal standpoint, but there’s no alarm or anything going off.

“We feel real good about him coming back over here. He’s gonna be able to command the ball. And just with his arsenal in general, he’s got really good stuff. He hasn’t had the best feel with his changeup since he’s been in Triple-A and we’ve made a couple minor adjustments here, so we’re starting to see some good results. We’re looking for some big things out of him.”