Cruz 2 Homers, Rays Hand Orioles 13th Straight Loss, 10-0

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By MARK DIDTLERAugust 17, 2021 astatine 10:55 pm

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nelson Cruz homered twice, 3 pitchers combined connected a four-hitter, and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays extended the Baltimore Orioles’ losing streak to 13 games with an 10-0 triumph connected Tuesday night.

Cruz moved past Dave Kingman into 42nd spot connected the all-time location runs database with 443. His three-run changeable disconnected John Means (5-5) during a five-run 5th inning made it 8-0, and helium deed a two-run changeable successful the sixth against Tanner Scott. The slugger, acquired from Minnesota connected July 22, has 7 of his 26 homers this play with Tampa Bay and has 39 vocation multi-homer games.

Drew Rasmussen allowed 1 deed implicit 4 innings, Adam Conley worked a hitless 5th and Chad Ellis (1-0) got his archetypal large league triumph with three-hit shot implicit the last 4 innings.

Mike Zunino homered successful his 5th consecutive crippled for the Rays, who are 13-1 against Baltimore this season. Tampa Bay has scored astatine slightest 9 runs 9 times and reached treble digits 5 times successful the play series.

Baltimore has been outscored 123-36 during its existent skid and is successful information of overtaking Arizona arsenic the majors’ worst team. The Orioles mislaid 14 successful a enactment from May 18-31.

The announced assemblage of 4,795 was the smallest for a Rays crippled astatine Tropicana Field without COVID-19 restrictions. Monday night’s opener of the four-game bid drew 5,460.

Wander Franco reached starring disconnected the 4th erstwhile shortstop Jorge Mateo misplayed his grounder for an error. Franco scored connected Manuel Margot’s double, and with 2 outs, Zunino made it 3-0 connected his 26th homer.

After Cruz’s homer successful the fifth, Brandon Lowe had an RBI treble and scored erstwhile 2nd baseman Ramón Urías stumbled moving backwards down 2nd basal earlier falling to the crushed successful an unsuccessful effort to drawback Zunino’s popup.

Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena had 4 hits, including 3 disconnected Means.

Means, the Orioles’ ace who had a no-hitter earlier this season, gave up 7 runs (four earned) and 8 hits successful four-plus innings.

Orioles rookie Ryan Mountcastle returned from concussion injured database and went 1-for-3 with a ninth-inning double. He had been retired since Aug. 7.

LET GO

INF-OF Stevie Wilkerson was released by Triple-A Norfolk, the Orioles’ apical insignificant league team. Wilkerson became the archetypal presumption subordinate to get a prevention erstwhile helium pitched the 16th inning of Baltimore’s 10-8 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Angels connected July 26, 2019.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: 1B Trey Mancini was retired of the lineup with a sore near calf. He fouled balls disconnected the calf and his near ft connected Monday night.

Rays: RHP Chris Archer (right forearm tightness) allowed 3 runs and 1 deed implicit 4 2/3 innings for Triple-A Durham. He could articulation the rotation adjacent week. Reliever Nick Anderson (right elbow) gave up 2 runs and 2 hits implicit 1 inning successful the aforesaid game.

UP NEXT

Rays LHP Ryan Yarbrough (6-4, 4.76 ERA) is acceptable to travel disconnected the COVID-19 IL and transportation Wednesday nighttime against Baltimore RHP Spenser Watkins (2-4, 5.25). Yarbrough missed 8 days.

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