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Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays

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Baltimore Orioles
45-28, 23-15 Away
Final
2 - 7
Tampa Bay Rays
52-25, 32-8 Home

Bradley goes 6 strong innings and Rays beat Orioles 7-2 to split 2-game series

Bradley (5-3) gave up three hits and struck out eight, The 22-year old has struck out 71 over 49 innings.

“From day one, he's kind of come here with a lot of confidence and shown that he's very even keel.” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “He doesn't get emotional in the moment. And talking to him after games, it's really impressive the perspectives that he carries after the outing."

Bradley, who didn't have a walk after issuing 10 in 13 innings in his previous three starts, called this his best start.

“This is number one right here because of no walks,” Bradley said. “No walks in six innings. I just felt like I pitched good."

Arozarena and Paredes started a four-run second with consecutive homers against Tyler Wells (6-3), who also made two errors during the inning.

Arozarena had an RBI single in a two-run seventh as Tampa Bay improved to 32-8 at home and stopped a season-long three-game skid overall. He went 3 for 3 with a walk and is hitting .364 with 16 homers and 40 RBI in 42 games against Baltimore.

It's the best home start since the 2008 Chicago Cubs also went 32-8.

Colin Poche, Kevin Kelly and Zack Littell completed a four-hitter.

Ramón Urías and Gunnar Henderson homered for the Orioles, who are five back of the first-place Rays.

“We didn't play very well today, and those games are going to happen,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.

Urías homered off Bradley in the third, and Henderson took Littell deep in the ninth.

Baltimore's Austin Hays, who started the day with the AL's top batting average, went 0 for 3 and had his average drop from .327 to .323. His career-best five-game multiple-hits streak ended.

After Arozarena and Paredes went deep in the second, Manuel Margot reached when Wells misplayed his 57-mph comebacker before Taylor Walls walked. After both advanced on Christian Bethancourt's fly, Wells fielded Jose Siri's soft infield single near the third-base line but made an errant throw to first as two runs scored.

Wells gave up four runs and four hits in five innings. The right-hander had won his previous three starts in which he allowed two runs in each of the outings.

“Tyler's been amazing for us all season, just didn't have his best start,” Hyde said. “We didn't get much going offensively today off Bradley.”

Wells has given up 18 homers this season.

The Baltimore starters streak of allowing three or fewer runs ended at 11 games. It's just the second time in 22 games that they allowed more than three.

TRAINERS ROOM

Orioles: CF Cedric Mullins (groin) went 1 for 5 with two RBI, and 1B Ryan Mountcastle (vertigo) was hitless in five at-bats in their first rehab game with Triple-A Norfolk at Nashville. Hyde said both will be evaluated on a daily basis. ... Relievers Mychal Givens (shoulder) and Dillon Tate (elbow) each worked an inning for Norfolk.

ROCKIN' AT THE PARK

Rock legend and Orioles fan Joan Jett was at the game. She was in the Tampa Bay area for a concert Wednesday night. Wearing an Orioles' shirt, Jett had a front row seat behind the Baltimore dugout.

UP NEXT

Orioles: RHP Kyle Gibson (8-4) and Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (4-4) are Friday night's scheduled starters.

Rays: LHP Shane McClanahan (11-1) looks to become the majors' first 12-game winner Thursday night against Kansas City. Former Tampa Bay coach Matt Quatraro faces his old team for the first time since becoming the Royals manager. Kansas City will use RHP Jose Cuas (3-0) as an opener.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 58.6%
Orioles: 41.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning O'Hearn struck out looking.
9th Inning Santander struck out swinging.
9th Inning Rutschman grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Henderson homered to center (437 feet).
9th Inning Littell relieved Kelly
8th Inning Franco grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 8
11 Strikeouts 10
2 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
4 Hits 10
0 Stolen Bases 0
0 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 7
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
31 At Bats 32
2 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
5 Runners Left On Base 20
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 1
11 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
125 Pitches 161
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
10 Total Bases 17
31 Plate Appearances 38
324.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
1.0 Runs Created 6.6
.129 Batting Average .313
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.323 Slugging Percentage .531
.194 Secondary Average .375
.129 On Base Percentage .395
.452 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .926
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
1.0 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.4
18.0 Batter Rating 44.0
15.5 At Bats Per Home Run 16.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.03 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.24
.194 Isolated Power .219
0.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.000 Walks Per Plate Appearance .132
.065 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .063
4.0 Runs Produced 13.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.9
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.4
67.5 MLB Rating 92.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Tropicana Field

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 19,493 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3
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