Game 100: Baltimore 5 Rays 2 — Postgame News and Notes
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Baltimore scored three in the first on Sunday, and never looked back, winning 5–2 over the Rays. Tampa Bay (49–51) dropped two of three in the series, losing the last two.[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/216457559" params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166" iframe=”true” /]
Matt Moore had retired two of his first three hitters, but Adam Jones reached on an infield single to extend the inning. J.J. Hardy then singled past a diving Jake Elmore, scoring Chris Davis from second for a 1–0 Baltimore lead. Nolan Reimold then doubled off the glove of a diving Brandon Guyer in left center, scoring Jones and Hardy, extending the advantage to 3–0.
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Baltimore made that lead 5–0 in the fourth, as Jonathan Schoop reached on an infield single against the shift, and Caleb Joseph followed with a two-run homer to left, his seventh of the season. Moore was lifted after five innings after giving up five runs on eight hits. Alex Colome kept the Rays in the game, throwing three scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and striking out four. Brandon Gomes had a 1–2–3 ninth.
The Rays did make some noise in the fourth, getting on the board when Evan Longoria and Logan Forsythe hit back-to-back homers on back-to-back pitches against lefty Wei-Yin Chen. For Longoria it was his 10th, and it was the 11th for Forsythe. It was the third time this year the Rays have hit back-to-back homers.
Tampa Bay had a golden chance to get back into the game in the fifth. Tim Beckham hit a double that Nolan Reimold overran toward the line. Jake Elmore then singled to left, with Beckham moving to third. Curt Casali flew to right field, but it was hit too shallow to score a run. Guyer was hit by a pitch to load the bases but Steven Souza Jr struck out and Longoria grounded out to third to end the inning.
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The Rays did get another opportunity in the sixth, as Chen left with runners at first and second and one out. Tommy Hunter came on, and threw a ball in the dirt. Joey Butler advanced to third, but James Loney was thrown out at second. Beckham then walked, but Elmore grounded to third to end the inning. Against Baltimore’s top three relievers in Brad Brach, Darren O’Day and Zach Britton, the Rays did not get a runner past first over the final thr
The Rays open a series against Detroit on Monday as Nathan Karns takes the mound opposite Anibal Sanchez. Coverage on the Rays Radio Network begins at 6:30 p.m., and first pitch is at 7:10.
