Orioles outlast Rays in 10 innings at Steinbrenner Field
TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Pete Alonso went 3-for-5 with a home run and the visiting Baltimore Orioles edged the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in 10 innings Saturday at George Steinbrenner Field.
Leody Taveras had an RBI single in the second inning. Alonso made it 2-1 with a solo homer in the fifth, his 27th. Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered in the sixth to make it 3-1. Tampa Bay, which scored once in the third, pulled within 3-2 in the sixth on Cedric Mullins’ RBI triple. Junior Caminero tied it with a ninth-inning single. Tyler O’Neill singled in Colton Cowser in the 10th for the decisive run.
Andrew Kittredge earned the win, improving to 2-3. Bryan Baker took the loss, falling to 1-1. Cam Sanders pitched a scoreless 10th for his third save. Ian Seymour struck out nine over six innings for Tampa Bay. Kyle Bradish allowed two earned runs over six innings for Baltimore. The Rays outhit Baltimore 11-9.
Baltimore improved to 60-63. Tampa Bay fell to 74-48. Attendance was 28,055. Time of game was 3:03.