Longoria was hit by a pitch in the first inning but remained in the game until being pulled after the fifth. Tampa Bay recalled RHP Chase Whitley from Double-A Montgomery after the game. The Orioles could not finish off a sweep against the New York Yankees at home on Sunday after a 5-2 loss, but have had their way versus the Rays in 2016 – winning nine of 12 games and launching 19 homers.Baltimore slugger Chris Davis has three homers and nine RBIs against Tampa Bay this year while All-Star Manny Machado has also gone deep three times and is now boasting a five-game hitting streak overall.
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The Orioles extended their lead on Trumbo’s RBI single and a two-run single by Jonathan Schoop.
Baltimore (75-62) erased an early three-run deficit and blew the game open with five runs in the fifth inning. Three more hits made it 7-3, and pretty much over. “We had a great series against these guys”, Davis said. “That’s kind of the perspective we had from the dugout a little bit – just not totally committed to his approach, his attack, what he was trying to do”.
Meanwhile, the Rays are 5-0 in Odorizzi’s last five home starts, and 4-0 in Odorizzi’s last four starts.
“I always keep my head up and I just keep moving forward”, Jimenez said. It’s September. I’m going to learn from it and move on.
“In the seventh inning I looked up and I only had about 80 pitches, so I knew I had a chance”.
Jimenez, who struck out six and walked just Morrison in the fourth, has strung together three good starts since Tillman was injured. This is a guy that was one of the best pitchers in the game, and on a given night, will be again.
Gallardo (4-7) has struggled this season but showed signs of improvement in his last start against Toronto when he gave up three runs in the first inning but held the Blue Jays scoreless for the next five innings to register a quality start.
“There’s no reason that he shoots a complete game against us today, ” Morrison said. “I think we got ourselves out a lot”. He was good, but he wasn’t that good.
“It never feels good when you get hit in the hand, but we got lucky”, Longoria said. It was his 29th multi-hit game of the season. Marks was 7-11, 3.86 for Triple-A Durham, including a July 16 no-hitter. C Hank Conger was designated for assignment.
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LONGO OKAY: 3B Evan Longoria was in pain when he got hit by a pitch in the first; frustrated as it got tighter, forcing him to leave the game after five innings, concerned he was a defensive liability since he couldn’t grip the ball; nervous as he put his right hand in the X-ray machine; then, ultimately, relieved to get the results that nothing was broken.
