Jacob Webb allowed Lowe’s sacrifice fly, but escaped further damage.īaltimore reliever DL Hall gave up three consecutive hits to open the sixth, including Margot’s RBI double. Lowe led off the fourth with a homer to right-center, and Manuel Margot later added an RBI single.įlaherty (8-9) was lifted after surrendering back-to-back singles to begin the fifth. The teams combined for two baserunners in the first three innings before Tampa Bay got to Baltimore starter Jack Flaherty. Jake Diekman walked Aaron Hicks and yielded Cedric Mullins’ single to begin the eighth but struck out the next three batters. “It was kind of one of those games where (catcher René) Pinto would call a pitch and I would most of the time execute it, which is what I try to do every time but I hadn’t been able to do that the past couple outings.” “I think pretty much everything felt pretty good,” Eflin said. Kjerstad put a good swing on it, (but he) pretty much carved us up.”Įflin struck out eight and threw 60 of his 84 pitches for strikes after lasting just five innings in back-to-back starts to begin the month. “He was getting the ball into our left-handers, and he was also keeping us honest away. “I don’t think he threw a ball where he didn’t want to the entire night,” Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. It was the first big league start for Kjerstad, who made his debut Thursday as a pinch-hitter. I just go out and be a competitor and have fun and see where it takes me.”Įflin’s bid to throw the second no-hitter in Rays history and first since Matt Garza’s in 2010 ended when Kjerstad smashed a cutter to right field. I don’t worry about results, because that’s a long, dark, deep hole. It’s really easy to overthink this game, and I’m at the point in my career where I just go out there and execute. “Those are normally pretty fun days, honestly. “It was probably the most mellow I’ve been all year, pre-start,” Eflin said. Gunnar Henderson reached on third baseman Isaac Paredes’ fielding error to lead off the first, but was erased two batters later when Anthony Santander grounded into a double play. They threw out a really tough lineup against him and he navigated it really well.”Įflin, who leads the AL in victories, allowed just one baserunner in the first five innings. He certainly had the right mentality, the approach, the efficiency, the willingness to just kind of attack. To date, you can probably make the case this is the biggest game of the year for us. “He’s come up big for us all season long. “He was pretty outstanding,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. Kjerstad’s homer was the only hit Eflin (15-8) surrendered in seven innings. Baltimore (91-56) still leads the Rays (92-57) by percentage points in the division race. Heston Kjerstad homered leading off the sixth - his first major league hit - for the Orioles, who have dropped four in a row to match their longest skid of the season. Tampa Bay, which has won nine of 11 and 18 of 24, has erased a season-high four-game deficit in a span of six days thanks in part to winning the first two of a four-game series against Baltimore. Follow this page during the playoffs for detailed matchup information.BALTIMORE (AP) - Zach Eflin and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, Brandon Lowe and Harold Ramírez homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on Friday night to pull into a virtual tie atop the AL East.
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