Overview
- Tampa Bay kept Baltimore hitless for six innings before Tyler O’Neill’s leadoff single in the seventh broke up the bid.
- Brandon Lowe homered and doubled, Jake Mangum added a solo shot, and Shane Baz contributed four no-hit innings to pace the Rays’ 6-2 win.
- Orioles rookie Samuel Basallo was struck on the right wrist by a 96.6 mph fastball from Pete Fairbanks in the ninth and left the game.
- Fairbanks appeared on the broadcast to blow a kiss toward the home side after the final out; he said it was directed at a heckling fan, and Baltimore’s interim manager suggested there was confusion.
- The defeat followed Dean Kremer’s one-hit, 6 1/3-inning outing in a 6-0 win the previous night as Baltimore’s late effort to climb out of the AL East cellar slipped again.