Rays 6, Orioles 3
Record: 49-36
Attendance: 20,441 Boosted by $2.00 tickets, peanuts, and soft drinks. But pay attention, Stu, people will show up.
The Orioles aren't very good, even though they dismantled the Cleveland Indians twice over the weekend, both 13-0 shutouts. But then they lost the Sunday game 2-0 before heading to the Trop where they lost 6-3 on Monday.
It was an "opener" day for the Rays, so there were seven pitchers overall. Among the more noteworthy were Chaz Roe, who took two giant steps backward, giving up two hits and two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Adam Kolarek got the win for his third of an inning. And Jose Alvarado, finally back from his sabbatical, got his seventh save of the year, even though Jonathan Villar doubled off him in the ninth.
Offensively, the Rays had 10 hits, but the big one was a three-run homer to center by Kevin Kiermaier, his 10th of the year, in the sixth, opening the game up.
And so now the Rays have a modest three-game winning streak going.
If it sounds boring, it pretty much was. There were a couple of moments, but mostly it was a chore to sit through. Except for the batting debut of the Rays new two-way rookie Brendan McKay, who wasn't enough to keep me from napping: four groundouts and a pick off on second. He's clearly not up to speed as a hitter or base runner
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