Rays 7, Orioles 0
Record: 21-11
Attendance: 10,034 The Rays aren't the only team whose attendance figures are pathetic.
Still smarting from Wednesday's double-header loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals, the Rays called on their new ace, April's AL Pitcher of the Month, Tyler Glass, to get them retracked, which he did with amazing ease and efficiency in a 7-0 win against the Orioles. Added on to Thursday's performance by Charlie Morton that squared up the KC series, Glasnow went seven innings, striking out eight, walking none, and giving up only three hits over 92 pitches on his way to a major-league-leading six wins to go along with his 1.47 ERA. If the Rays can keep the pressure on, the double-header loss to Kansas City will become more motivation than embarrassment.
Jeff Seidel of MLB wrote the online wrap up and quoted Oriole manager Brandon Hyde: "On a night like that, you have to tip your hat to a really, really good
pitcher who had his stuff. That was electric stuff. I
liked his presence and how he attacks guys. The whole package. I haven’t
seen many like that in a long time.”
The Rays scored in the first (again) on doubles by Brandon Lowe (the AL Rookie of the Month in April) and Tommy Pham. They went on to score four in the fourth, the big blow being Mike Zunino's three-run homer, and added on two more runs in the sixth. In all the Rays collected 12 hits and six walks and had this game won from the outset.
Now it would be good to see them improvise their way to another victory today, with opener Ryan Stanek scheduled to be followed by bulker Yonny Chirinos.
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