Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O’Hearn homer as AL East-leading Orioles beat Rays to win series
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O’Hearn homered because the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday to take three of 4 in a weekend collection.
The Orioles, who began July 6 1/2 video games behind Tampa Bay, have a two-game lead over the Rays after profitable for the twelfth time in 15 video games.
“We just played four really good games against a really good team,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned. “Really proud of all of our guys. We did a lot things well this series. Hopefully we can keep it rolling.”
Reliever Mike Baumann (7-0) walked two over 2 2/3 hitless innings and Felix Bautista gave up ninth-inning singles to Manuel Margot and Yandy Diaz earlier than attending to his twenty eighth save as 4 Baltimore pitchers mixed on a three-hitter. Baltimore pitchers walked six and hit two batters.
Bautista ended it by hanging out Wander Franco with runners on first and third.
“For some of the guys that don’t have playoff experience like myself, it felt like a playoff game,” Henderson mentioned. “Really getting a sense for what it feels like. It’s going to help us down the road.”
Diaz homered for the Rays, who’re an AL-worst 4-14 in July. This is the primary time Tampa Bay has misplaced a house collection to the Orioles since June 2017.
O’Hearn put the Orioles up 4-3 on a 331-foot opposite-field homer down the left-field line off Colin Poche (7-3) within the sixth. He had a tiebreaking pinch-hit ninth-inning RBI single within the Orioles’ 6-5 win on Saturday.
Baltimore took a 5-3 lead on Anthony Santander’s RBI single through the seventh.
Diaz tied it at 3 with the Rays’ first hit off a wild Tyler Wells, a two-run homer following a leadoff stroll to Christian Bethancourt within the fifth. Wells was changed by Baumann after retiring the following batter, Franco.
“Ideally this offence is too good to go that quiet for so long.,” Rays supervisor Kevin Cash mentioned. “Yandy picked us up but I like to think that we can have some better at-bats collectively to put a little bit more pressure on the pitchers.”
Wells ended up permitting three runs, one hit, 4 walks, hit two batters and struck out 5 in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander had issued simply 26 walks and hit one batter over 106 2/3 innings getting into the sport.
“That’s what our team is about, picking each other up,” Wells mentioned. “That’s a big reason why we’re in first place right now.”
Adley Rutschman had a first-inning RBI double earlier than Henderson made it 3-0 along with his two-run 446-foot drive within the second.
The Rays bought inside 3-1 within the fourth on a pair of walks and a run-scoring fielder’s selection grounder by Brandon Lowe.
DICKIE V IN THE HOUSE
College basketball icon and Rays’ fan Dick Vitale was on the sport, someday earlier than beginning six weeks of radiation therapies for vocal wire most cancers.
MOVING DAY
Rays RHP Yonny Chirinos was claimed on waivers by Atlanta. He went 4-4 with a 4.02 ERA in 15 video games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Austin Voth (proper elbow) allowed one run, on a homer, and two hits over two innings for Double-A Bowie in opposition to Harrisburg.
Rays: 3B Isaac Paredes stayed within the sport after a 91.5 mph pitch from Wells within the second grazed the highest of his helmet. … LHP Josh Fleming (left elbow) can have his standing evaluated after making begins Thursday and Aug. 1 with Triple-A Durham. … RHP Andrew Kittredge (Tommy John surgical procedure) allowed six runs and 7 hits in one-third of an inning for Triple-A Durham in opposition to Rochester.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Dean Kremer (10-4) appears to develop into the AL’s fourth 11-game winner Monday evening in opposition to Philadelphia LHP Cristopher Sanchez (0-3). Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan and Zach Eflin, and Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi high the league with 11 victories.
Rays: RHP Tyler Glasnow (3-3) will go in opposition to Miami RHP Edward Cabrera (5-5) on Tuesday evening.
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