Tampa Bay RaysvsBaltimore Orioles
TB 7/BAL 9
Things to say
Orioles beat the Rays 9-7 in 13 innings at Camden Yards.
01
opener
Man, that one had no business going thirteen. Rays jumped on them early and Baltimore just kept clawing back. Camden was rocking by the end.
02
key player
Whoever Baltimore ran out in the heart of the order earned their check tonight - kept fouling off junk until the Rays pen finally cracked.
03
hot take
Tampa's bullpen is a problem. You can't keep handing 34-17 teams thirteen-inning losses to a sub-.500 club.
04
deep cut
Rays manager went to the pen way too early - lost the matchup in the seventh and never got it back.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if Baltimore can carry anything out of this into the next series, or if it's just a one-night sugar high.
The recap
Orioles outlasted the Rays 9-7 in 13 innings at Camden Yards, the kind of marathon that empties a bullpen and tests everybody's coffee supply. Tampa Bay came in 34-17 and looked the part early, but Baltimore kept clawing back and finally walked it off in extras.
No box-score heroes jumped off the wire, so this one goes down as a bullpen win and a gut-check for a Rays club that had no business losing to a sub-.500 team. Long flight back to the Trop with that one stuck in their teeth.