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Rays Flirt With No-Hitter, Beat Orioles 6-2 as Basallo Exits After HBP

The ninth-inning plunking of rookie Samuel Basallo left Baltimore with a fresh injury concern.

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.