Rays overcome 8-0 deficit in win vs. Orioles, tightening AL East race as Yankees suffer fifth straight loss
The Rays of Tampa Bay continued their recent tear on Wednesday evening, recovering from a deficit of 8-0 at the start of the Baltimore Orioles to win a 12-8 victory (box score). In the process, the Rays improved their June record at 11-5 and, in concert with another defeat of the New York Yankees, reduced the distance between these American League East teams to only 1 ½ games.
The Rays late Wednesday, the Orioles marking the starter Taj Bradley for seven points (including six won) in the second round. Orioles would also trigger Kevin Kelly’s lift, marking an advance of 8-0. From there, the Rays recovered slowly but surely in the match, marking at least one race in the third, fourth and fifth inning to equalize the match at 8-8.
Tampa Bay would then take the lead in the seventh in a series of success by Junior Caminero, Joshua Lowe and Jonathan Aranda. Just like that, the Rays had scored 12 unanswered points.
According to the guru of the search for CBS Sports, Doug Clawson, the Rays are the first team to be won by at least four points after having followed by eight or more since the Cubs of Chicago 2018 did it against the Braves of Atlanta. The Return of Rays also corresponds to their deductible record.
Although the two teams finished with similar courses, the Rays declared the Orioles with a margin of 18-7 of the evening. Tampa Bay had five different recorders at least two strokes, including Caminero (four) and Aranda (three).
The Rays are now 27-17 dating from the beginning of May. This after entered in May with a 14-16 sheet.
The Yankees, on the other hand, broke Their recent offensive slippage By marking a pair of races. Nevertheless, they underwent a 3-2 defeat on Wednesday which plunged them at 7-9 in June and extended his sequence of defeats with five consecutive games.
