BALTIMORE — Luke Raley hit a tiebreaking homer within the seventh inning, and Tampa Bay’s exceptional bullpen retired everybody it confronted within the Rays’ 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night time within the opener of an enormous sequence at Camden Yards.

The Rays pulled inside a sport of first-place Baltimore within the AL East, and their relievers prolonged their streak to 34 innings with out an earned run.

Ryan O’Hearn and Gunnar Henderson homered for the Orioles, however with the sport tied at 3, Raley hit a drive to middle subject off Kyle Bradish (11-7) for his nineteenth house run of the 12 months.

Randy Arozarena hit a two-run triple within the third for the Rays, and Tampa Bay starter Aaron Civale obtained Adley Rutschman to hit into a vital double play within the fifth after the Orioles had come again to tie it at 3.

After that, Civale turned the sport over to the bullpen. Colin Poche (12-3), Shawn Armstrong, Robert Stephenson and Pete Fairbanks teamed as much as retire 12 straight batters, with Fairbanks hanging out the aspect for his twenty fourth save in 26 possibilities.

Cedric Mullins made a terrific diving catch within the hole in right-center on a ball that may have scored a run within the prime of the second. Then O’Hearn led off the underside of the inning with a homer that put the Orioles up 1-0.

Tampa Bay answered instantly. Third baseman Jordan Westburg couldn’t deal with Raley’s leadoff grounder, and that infield single began a three-run rally. Brandon Lowe hit an RBI single, and Arozarena adopted with a two-run triple.

Henderson hit a leadoff homer within the fourth, after which the Orioles tied it within the fifth with out hitting the ball out of the infield.

Mullins led off with a bunt single when the ball rolled lifeless on the filth about midway to 3rd base, honest by inches. After a stroll by Aaron Hicks, Westburg popped up a bunt, however the ball fell between Civale and catcher Christian Bethancourt for a single to load the bases.

Adam Frazier tied it by grounding right into a drive play, however Civale then escaped the inning when Rutschman grounded right into a double play on the primary pitch.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: Tampa Bay activated OF Manuel Margot (elbow) from the injured checklist. He didn't play.

Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde mentioned 1B Ryan Mountcastle (shoulder) was feeling higher after leaving Wednesday night time’s sport, however he didn’t play Thursday.

UP NEXT

Tampa Bay sends RHP Zach Eflin (14-8) to the mound Friday night time in opposition to Baltimore‘s Jack Flaherty (8-8). The Orioles will maintain a pregame celebration when OF Adam Jones formally retires from professional baseball.

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