Wendle Slam, 6 RBIs; Rays Finish 18-1 Against Orioles This Year

BALTIMORE (AP) — Joey Wendle deed a brace of homers, including a expansive slam, and drove successful six runs to pb the Tampa Bay Rays implicit the Baltimore Orioles 12-8 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Austin Meadows and Jordan Luplow besides homered for Tampa Bay, which finished 18-1 against Baltimore this year. The AL East-leading Rays person beaten Baltimore 12 consecutive times, tying a franchise grounds they acceptable against the Orioles successful 2008.

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Ryan Mountcastle tied a vocation precocious with 4 hits, including his 24th location run for the Orioles. Jorge Mateo and Cedric Mullins besides homered.

With the Rays starring 6-4 successful the seventh inning, Wendle broke unfastened the game when helium deed a 1-1 transportation from Paul Fry implicit the right-field obstruction for his 3rd vocation expansive slam. Wendle had gone 50 games without a homer earlier hitting 2 successful consecutive at-bats.

Tampa Bay scored 10 oregon much runs against Baltimore six times.

Chris Archer made conscionable his 2nd commencement since April 10 for the Rays aft being sidelined with a forearm injury. Archer had to permission his erstwhile outing successful the 2nd inning connected Aug. 22 against the Yankees due to the fact that of a hep issue. He managed to propulsion 4 innings, allowing 2 runs with 4 hits and six strikeouts.

JT Chargois (5-0) picked up his 2nd consecutive triumph successful relief.

The Rays took an aboriginal 2-0 pb against Orioles rookie starter Spenser Watkins (2-7) connected a brace of RBI singles by Randy Arozarena and Wendle.

Baltimore chopped the pb to 2-1 successful the bottommost fractional of the inning connected a run-scoring azygous by Austin Hays.

Luplow answered successful the 2nd with a towering, solo location tally disconnected the left-field foul pole.

Mountcastle pulled the Orioles to wrong 3-2 with a solo homer to left, prompting Archer to propulsion his mitt down successful frustration.

Meadows extended the pb to 5-2 with a two-run changeable successful the sixth. Wendle followed with another homer over the right-field scoreboard that ended Watkins’ afternoon.

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Watkins has allowed 36 runs and 49 hits implicit his past 7 starts (30 2/3 innings).

IMPRESSIVE STREAK

Rays shortstop Wander Franco went 2 for 4 and has reached basal successful 29 consecutive games, the longest progressive streak successful the majors and the longest by a rookie successful nine history.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: DH Nelson Cruz and INF Yandy Diaz got the time disconnected but were disposable disconnected the bench.

Orioles: RHP Hunter Harvey (lat strain) has made 3 rehab appearances with Triple-A Norfolk but isn’t acceptable to beryllium activated. “He had a small spot of soreness aft his past outing,” manager Brandon Hyde said today.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Luis Patino (3-3, 4.53 ERA) volition commencement the bid opener Monday nighttime astatine location against the Red Sox aft getting pushed backmost a day. Patino has thrown 81 innings betwixt the Rays and Triple-A Durham this season, compared to conscionable 17 1/3 past season.

Orioles: RHP Chris Ellis (1-0, 3.86 ERA) volition marque his 2nd commencement for the Orioles against Toronto connected Monday night. He was claimed disconnected waivers from the Rays connected Aug. 20.

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