Ryan Mountcastle managed his fifth home run of the season before leaving in the ninth with body cramps for Baltimore, which has lost eight of 10. Orioles top prospect Adley Rutschman was in the lineup for a second straight game and went 1 for 4 with a hit by pitch. Brett Phillps and Choi also picked up three hits for the Rays. Tampa Bay’s Kevin Kiermaier led off for the second straight game and went 2 for 6 with an RBI and two runs. 412 (40-for-97) in 24 career games against the Orioles with 26 RBIs. Randy Arozarena had another two hits with an RBI and is batting.
On Friday, Odor hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning that gave Baltimore an 8-6 victory, snapping a 15-game losing streak to the Tampa Bay. It was the second time in the three games that the Rays and Orioles went extra innings. Baltimore improved to 4-0 in extra innings. The Orioles left 16 runners on base, their most since June 13, 2012, against Boston, also leaving 16. We want to come out on top.”Ĭionel Pérez (2-0) earned the win by throwing two scoreless innings. We don't want to lose those games anymore. A lot of us younger guys that are starting to get some more time now, we're just continuing to fight. “We lost a lot of close games to these guys over the years. "I think (Odor) brings a lot of grit and just hard-nosed baseball to this team,” Hays said. The play was scored a fielder's choice and Odor was granted the RBI.
Odor followed with a chopper that first baseman Ji-Man Choi mishandled and got past him into right field to plate the winning run. Then, a thunderstorm delayed the game for 51 minutes.īaltimore’s Chris Owings had a successful bunt to move the automatic runner to third in the 11th off Dusten Knight (0-1).