Rays 8, Orioles, 1
Record: 14-4
Attendance: 9,028 Even worse than yesterday. Shame.
It was a lopsided game, with homers from Brandon Lowe, Yandy Diaz, and Ji-Man Choi, and contributions up and down the lineup, including three hits from C Mike Zunino, who hit the ball hard all three times, one bouncing high off the left center field wall. There were 13 hits in all. The pitching was just as effective with Ryne Stanek opening the game with three strikeouts and then turning the ball over to Yonny Chirinos (3-0) who pitched five very strong innings, striking out five and giving up one hit and one walk but no runs. Wilmer Font pitched one inning and giving up the only Orioles' run, a homer by 3B Rio Ruiz. In all Rays' pitchers struck out 13 struggling Oriole's batters.
The strike zone was a bone of contention for the frustrated players, their manager Brandon Hyde, and his Field Coordinator Tim Cossins. Words were exchanged in the bottom of the third between someone in the Oriole's dugout and home plate umpire C. B. Bucknor about his calls. Bucknor thought it was Hyde doing the complaining and threw him out, but then it turned out that it was Cossins who had said the offensive words, so he got tossed instead. The way the Rays are playing these days, frustrations are bound to get testy.
From the Baltimore Sun: "The Rays (14-4) were unrelenting in dealing their damage. Reigning American League Player of the Week Austin Meadow began the bottom of the first with a 115.4 mph single. Choi followed
Tommy Pham’s 102.3 mph flyout with a 97.1 mph single before Díaz lined
out at 105.6 mph. Lowe then redirected a David Hess changeup, sending it over
the right-field fence with an exit velocity of 108.9 mph."
Tommy Pham's consecutive game on-base streak was stopped at 48.
This was the Rays' sixth straight series win, their best-ever run.
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