Orioles vs. Rays, July 28

3rd & 7 37yd

Orioles notes: Showalter, Duquette talk shifts with possibility rule changes come next year dlvr.it/Qd5knj https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjOiz_vU0AAHNkO.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/28/2018 10:53:29 PM
Kevin Gausman's scoreless first includes a flare single/7-4, a walk, and a strikeout on a slider. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:15:49 PM
Tim Beckham, with a leadoff walk, has reached in every game since the All-Star Break. He entered today hitting .276 with an .870 OPS in that stretch. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:20:53 PM
Schmuck: Orioles, Adam Jones need to lay their cards on the table and figure out whether he stays dlvr.it/Qd5qHG https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjOqZ1eUcAAOgBh.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/28/2018 11:26:17 PM
Mallex Smith singled up the middle with two outs in the second, and scored on a double by Jesús Sucre. Sucre pitched last night. The Orioles trail 1-0.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:31:27 PM
Through two innings (34 pitches) with nine batters faced, Kevin Gausman has thrown just one splitter. Both of his Ks came on sliders, and all four hits on fastballs. Odd. #Orioles down 1-0.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:36:25 PM
Home run, Trey Mancini. His 13th of the year has people holding up bobblehead boxes. The Orioles lead 2-1.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:44:33 PM
That's the way you start your bobblehead night. Trey Mancini hammers a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the game. His 13th of the year. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/28/2018 11:45:17 PM
Home run, Joey Rickard. He and Mancini go back-to-back. His sixth of the year puts the Orioles up 3-1.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:45:23 PM
Joey Rickard is not having a bobblehead promotion tonight, but he jumped on the bandwagon. Homered to left for his sixth of the season. It was the seventh time this year the Orioles have had back-to-back dingers. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/28/2018 11:46:06 PM
Kevin Kiermaier homers on the first pitch of the third to cut the Orioles lead to 3-2. Gausman left a slider middle-middle. This won't be an easy lineup to navigate without his splitter.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/28/2018 11:51:30 PM
Birdland Summer Garden Gnome to first 25,000 fans 15-and-over on Sunday. Sweet! #orioles https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjOx3MwXgAAV2ad.jpg

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/28/2018 11:59:10 PM
“Come watch the Orioles and Rays” weekend continues with this garden gnome for the first 25k fans ages 15 and over tomorrow at Camden Yards. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjOyYiKXgAEmquQ.jpg

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:01:12 AM
Danny Valencia made a catch leaning into the photographer's well, then got his spikes caught in the netting that protects it and fell on his backside. His teammates laughed.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:05:50 AM
Kevin Gausman's splitter came around some in the fourth, though he hung one for a two-out single to Jesús Sucre before striking out Willy Adames on one to strand two. Orioles up 3-2.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:13:40 AM
A Chris Davis walk and singles by Danny Valencia and Trey Mancini have the bases loaded for Joey Rickard.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:24:09 AM
Joey Rickard's second bases-loaded, bases-clearing double in as many nights puts the Orioles up 6-2. He blooped this one down the RF line.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:25:34 AM
Joey Rickard delivers a three-run double for the second night in a row. Entered this series with 10 RBI this season. Now he has 17. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/29/2018 12:26:47 AM
Caleb Joseph scores Joey Rickard with a single, and the Orioles lead 7-2.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:27:33 AM
Caleb Joseph with a run-scoring single and now the Orioles lead the Rays, 7-2 in the fourth inning. That's 22 runs in the last 12 1/3 innings. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/29/2018 12:28:03 AM
Joey Rickard is batting .412 (7-for-17) with two doubles and three home runs against the Rays this year, and 17-for-98 (.173) with two doubles and three home runs against the rest of the league. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 12:31:55 AM
Trey Mancini singled and scored on a double by Joey Rickard. The Orioles lead 8-2.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:00:25 AM
Make that .444 (8-for-18) with three doubles and three home runs against the Rays.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:01:55 AM
After Caleb Joseph looped an RBI single into CF, he went to second on Tim Beckham's third walk of the game and scored on an Adam Jones double. 10-2 Orioles.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:08:56 AM
Mark Trumbo had a sacrifice fly in the sixth to put the Orioles up 11-2.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:19:35 AM
Kevin Gausman: 7 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K. His ERA is 4.44. Credited with 12 splitters on 105 pitches, per Statcast. That's his fewest in over a year.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:30:55 AM
The Orioles have two four-run innings tonight. They also have 23 (out of 34) series in which they haven't topped three runs in multiple innings.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:43:15 AM
Joey Wendle goes up and catches what might well have made it six straight games with a home run for Jonathan Schoop to begin the eighth.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 1:50:20 AM
Orioles win, 11-2. Mancini: 4 H, 3 R, HR. Rickard: HR, 2 2B, 5 RBI. Joseph: 3 H. Beckham: 3 BB. Gausman: 7 IP, 2 ER. They are 31-74.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/29/2018 2:02:58 AM
Joey Rickard and Trey Mancini lead Orioles to another lopsided victory, 11-2 over Rays dlvr.it/Qd6HyB https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjPX9gFUUAAnzZi.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/29/2018 2:45:21 AM
Success without splitter another marker for Kevin Gausman's progress in Orioles' win over Rays dlvr.it/Qd6HzT https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjPX9wfUUAACTLO.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/29/2018 2:45:24 AM