BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Shane Baz pitched seven strong innings and Samuel Basallo hit a three-run homer as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Tuesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Baz allowed one run on seven hits with nine strikeouts to improve to 2-5. Griffin Jax took the loss, falling to 1-3 after allowing three runs in the second inning.

Jonathan Aranda drove in Tampa Bay’s only run with a first-inning single. The Rays stranded runners in scoring position in the third and sixth innings.

Baltimore scored three times in the second on a fielder’s choice, an error, a Jackson Holliday single and a sacrifice fly. Basallo’s fifth-inning blast to right-center scored Holliday and Gunnar Henderson.

The Orioles outhit the Rays 7-9. Garrett Cleavinger, Trevor Martin and Craig Kimbrel combined for six scoreless relief innings for Tampa Bay. Attendance was 11,878. The game lasted 2 hours, 24 minutes.

Baltimore improved to 25-30. Tampa Bay fell to 34-18. The teams play again Wednesday.