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06/19 22:26 CDT Cowser's 3-run homer and Morton's solid outing lead Orioles
past Rays
Cowser's 3-run homer and Morton's solid outing lead Orioles past Rays
By ZAK GILBERT
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --- Colton Cowser hit a three-run homer and Charlie Morton
allowed one run over six innings in his 400th major league game as the
Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Thursday night at Steinbrenner
Field.
With two outs in the sixth, Cowser's drive off Edwin Uceta broke a 1-all tie.
Cowser, who also doubled, has homered in three straight games.
Ryan O'Hearn drove in the other Baltimore run, and Gunnar Henderson scored
twice for the Orioles.
Morton (4-7) started in his 36th career ballpark, most among active pitchers.
He allowed six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Four relievers blanked the Rays over the final three innings. Flix Bautista
retired the side in the ninth to earn his 15th save.
Yandy Diaz doubled and singled to extend his hitting streak to 10 games for
Tampa Bay. Drew Rasmussen (6-5) allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1/3
innings. He had won five straight decisions.
In the top of the seventh, Rays pitcher Hunter Bigge was carted off the field
in a frightening scene after he was struck by a foul ball in the dugout.
Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman fouled a pitch into the Tampa Bay dugout and it
hit Bigge, a 27-year-old right-hander currently on the injured list with a lat
strain.
Emergency medical personnel quickly arrived to attend to Bigge. After several
quiet minutes as Rays players knelt in the field, Bigge was placed on a
backboard and carted off. He gave a thumbs-up gesture as fans rose for a
standing ovation.
The game resumed after a delay of nearly nine minutes.
Key moment
With two outs in the eighth, Orioles reliever Bryan Baker walked Junior
Caminero to load the bases in a 4-1 game, then retired Jake Mangum on a flyball
to escape the jam.
Key stat
Tampa Bay went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
Up next
Baltimore opens a series at Yankee Stadium on Friday night with RHP Tomoyuki
Sugano (5-4, 3.38 ERA) facing LHP Max Fried (9-2, 1.89).
Rays RHP Shane Baz (6-3, 4.54 ERA) starts Friday at home against Detroit RHP
Jack Flaherty (5-7, 4.03).
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