With their 11-2 win over the Rays on Tuesday night, the Orioles opened their key nine-game road trip with back-to-back wins at Tropicana Field, buoyed by their power bats. After Davis tied the game at 1-1 with a solo shot in the second inning, the game remained tied until the Orioles unleashed a six-run blitzkrieg in the fourth inning.
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Corey Dickerson had a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning to help the Rays beat Baltimore 7-6 on Wednesday and deny the Orioles a three-game sweep.
They shelled Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi, who was 6-0 and owned a 1.89 ERA since the all-star break.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Jake Odorizzi just didn’t have it Tuesday night.
Jimenez (6-11) retired 25 of the final 26 batters he faced. “I really didn’t have any confidence with my changeup tonight”.
The Orioles moved within two games of AL East-leading Toronto, which lost 5-3 to the New York Yankees.
Geltz, who has had issues with surrendering the long ball all season allowing 10 in just 20 1/3 innings of work, saw the first pitch he threw to Adam Jones leave the yard to put the Orioles up 9-2.
This performance was also the first complete game for any Orioles pitcher since Miguel Gonzalez accomplished the feat in September 2014. He also had two wild pitches.Bundy also went 3 2/3 and gave up five runs on seven hits. “We’ve seen him so good here as of late”. “I’m starting to feel good at the plate again”.
Brad Miller, shifted from shortstop to first base when Duffy was acquired from San Francisco last month, started at short due in part to the Rays having just a three-man bench.
Chris Beck (2-1) got four outs in relief before David Robertson worked a shaky ninth for his 35th save and second in two days. Davis was 4-of-7 (.571) with two home runs and four RBIs in the series and was hitting.421 over the last five games.
It was the Rays’ third consecutive loss and they fall to 3-11 against the O’s on the year. The Rays said X-rays on Longoria’s hand were negative.
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.
Tampa Bay (58-79), which fired its hitting coach Derek Shelton, earlier in the day, again looked listless on offense.
“As much as I don’t like to see Shelty go, I’m on board with them making a change and wanting to go in a different direction”, Longoria said.
Rays: New hitting coach Chad Mottola will join the team in NY for Thursday night’s game at Yankee Stadium.
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Cash said he was fine with how Andriese was throwing, and he seemed to be giving him the opportunity to show he could get out of it, but that didn’t happen. RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder) will throw off a mound Wednesday and could return this weekend.
