The Tampa Bay Rays squeaked to victory over the Baltimore Orioles yesterday at Tropicana Field with the Rays triumphant 3 to 1. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Rays tickets will definitely cherish. It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Rays pitcher Wade Davis (3.45 ERA) got the win, while Jeremy Guthrie (5.05 ERA) took the loss for the Orioles. Wade Davis went 7 solid innings for the Rays, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Russ Springer (4.15), Lance Cormier (3.20), Dan Wheeler (3.36), and Randy Choate (3.71). The Orioles’s starter Jeremy Guthrie went 7 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with one walk and 4 strikeouts. Dennis Sarfate (5.85) also pitched for the Orioles. With the win, Davis’s record goes to 2-1, while Guthrie falls to 10-17. Grant Balfour earned the save for the Rays, bringing his saves up to 3.
In addition to the 3 runs, the Rays managed 8 hits and committed no errors. Willy Aybar led the Rays in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Reid Brignac’s 2 hits. The Orioles didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Orioles mustered one run, 9 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Phil Cuzzi, Chad Fairchild, Mike Estabrook and Jerry Crawford. There were 10,349 Rays ticket holders in attendance at Tropicana Field.
The win puts the Rays at a record of 81-76, (20.5 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Orioles to 60-97, (41.5 games behind first place in the division). The Orioles get a chance for revenge tomorrow. There are still plenty of tickets available so take a look.