The Tampa Bay Rays will visit Oriole Park at Camden Yards Sunday for game 3 of 3 against the Baltimore Orioles. Tampa Bay comes into this game with an 80-48 record on the year following a 5 game win streak. Shane McClanahan got the start for Tampa Bay in game 1 of this series giving up 2 runs on 8 hits across 6 complete innings leading to the win. Chris Mazza came on in relief giving up 1 run on 2 hits to complete a 3 inning save.
Tampa Bay struggled from the plate as a team going 5-32 from the dish, but 4-5 with runners in scoring position led Tampa Bay to the win. Mike Zunino led the way for the Tampa Bay offense with a 3 run home run in the 7th inning. Manuel Margot chipped into the offense going 1-3 on the day to drive in 2 runs.
The Baltimore Orioles are one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball with a 40-87 record entering this game on Sunday. The Baltimore offense found success in game one of this series with ten hits on the day but went 0-3 with runners in scoring position to leave eight men on base. Austin Hays contributed to the Baltimore offense going 2-4 on the day including a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Cedric Mullins Added a solo home run in the ninth inning.
Matt Harvey got the start for Baltimore giving up three runs on four hits across six innings of work leading to the loss. The Orioles bullpen struggled in relief giving up three runs on one hit across the final three innings to close the game.
