The right-hander’s recent surge started with a win against the Orioles on July 17, when Odorizzi gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings and struck out seven.
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The Orioles’ prolific offense hasn’t been as productive in the second half of the season, but it brought the bats out in the first two games this week in Tampa Bay.
Baltimore Orioles’ Jonathan Schoop (6) scores on an RBI single by Pedro Alvarez as Tampa Bay Rays catcher Bobby Wilson fields the wide throw in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The 30-year-old slugger is 8-for-18 with three blasts, six RBIs and five runs scored during his five-game hitting streak and belted a first-inning grand slam against Wednesday starter Drew Smyly in a 12-5 victory at Camden Yards on June 26.
Jimenez shut down the Rays after that, limiting them to just one base runner in the final eight innings. He was hit by a pitch in the first but remained in the game until being pulled after the fifth inning.
“The best news of the day was negative (X-rays)”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Smyly went 3 2/3 innings, giving up five runs, four earned on seven hits.
Davis hit a solo homer, his 34th of the season, off Rays starter Matt Andriese in the top of the fourth inning and added a two-RBI single in the top of the fifth. “I think we got ourselves out a lot”. “I’m starting to feel good at the plate again”. Mottola was promoted after spending the last three seasons as the team’s minor league hitting instructor. 2B Logan Forsythe also was rested. The 1996 Orioles set the club record with 257 homers.
Baltimore’s Manny Machado uncorks a grand slam against the Rays Tuesday night, his third of the season.
SS Tim Beckham, taken first overall in the 2008 draft, has not been recalled after being sent to Triple-A Durham last week after a couple baserunning gaffes.
Rays: 3B Evan Longoria, hit on the right hand by a pitched ball Monday, started.
He got in some trouble in the fourth, allowing runs on a Chris Davis homer and a Mark Trumbo double followed later by a wild pitch.
“Other than not going deeper in the ballgame, I feel pretty good about it”, said Gallardo, who won for the second time in his last 13 starts. “It’s sore”, Longoria said. Derek Shelton was sacked Tuesday. “They’re still in”, Cobbs said.
Rays: New hitting coach Chad Mottola will join the team in NY for Thursday night’s game at Yankee Stadium.
“It gives Chad a few extra weeks to get to know our hitters better”, Silverman said.
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Rays RHP Jake Odorizzi (9-5), who has a 1.89 ERA since the All-Star break, will go against Orioles RHP Yovani Gallardo (4-7) on Tuesday night.
