In seven innings of work that day, he allowed just one run on three hits while striking out five batters. The last Baltimore pitcher to have as many relief wins though 88 games of a season was Arthur Rhodes (eight) in 1996.
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Brad Brach threw a ideal eighth and Zach Britton struck out two in the ninth for his 29th save.
Shortstop J.J. Hardy hit his third homer of the season – a two-run blast off Rays starter Matt Moore – in the second inning.
“(Tillman) had good command.
“I felt like I threw the ball well, but not well enough”, Archer said. “He was the difference. It’s not very often that a two-run homer stands up, but it did”. Steven Souza, Jr. singled on a line drive to center field to score Morrison. The ball was ruled to have hit the top of the wall in left field and back into play, and Morrison was given a triple.
Schoop has 10 winning RBIs this season, and since June 1, he is hitting.351 with 21 extra-base hits (14 doubles, seven homers) and 25 RBIs.
In order for the Orioles to hold on to their lead, their starters are going to have to get more outs. That sums up how it’s going for us right now, but you can’t take that away from Matt; he was really good.
According to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports, the Rangers are engaging in trade talks with the Tampa Bay Rays and one of the names that the two sides are discussing is starting pitcher Matt Moore. It is a direct result of his healed left shoulder. “But I think after those first couple innings, those last couple innings it was just more aggressive and pitching to contact instead of walking guys and trying to be too fine like I was doing in the first couple innings”.
“I’ve talked to a lot of people about it medically, trainers and pitching coaches, and everyone’s in agreement”, Showalter said.
“Considering he just had a baby and he hasn’t had much sleep the last two or three days, I thought about not bringing him in there, but those guys need to pitch”, Showalter said of Givens.
Rays RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) will have a bullpen session Sunday instead of making his third rehab start for Class A Charlotte. OF Desmond Jennings (strained left hamstring) continued taking batting practice and has started a running program.
Baltimore Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy is slated to make his first career major-league start against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
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Bundy, who is the fourth overall pick of the 2011 draft, recorded just 22 innings over eight starts in 2015 before shoulder soreness ended his season. Moore started the game by retiring the first five hitters and looked like he was on a roll.
