Major League Baseball
Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 5
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 22, 2023
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Jeremy Riggs, 2B - Junior Valentine, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 25025

Ryan O'Hearn had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning on Saturday, helping the Baltimore Orioles rebound from squandering a five-run lead to post a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.

James McCann and Jorge Mateo each hit two-run doubles and Austin Hays added an RBI double in a five-run fourth inning for the Orioles, who have won 11 of their last 14 games. Baltimore welcomed the offensive outburst after it mustered just two hits in a 3-0 setback to Tampa Bay on Friday night.

Wander Franco ripped a two-run single in the sixth inning and added a run-scoring groundout in the eighth. Isaac Paredes and Randy Arozarena each added an RBI single for the Rays, who have lost six of their last seven games.

Adam Frazier looped a single to left field off Pete Fairbanks (0-4) to begin the ninth inning and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Frazier didn't stay there for long, however, as he scored on a single to right field by O'Hearn.

The late offense made a winner out of Cionel Perez (3-1), who struck out Brandon Lowe to end the eighth inning. Felix Bautista fanned the final two batters he faced to retire the side in order in the ninth and secure his 27th save of the season.

Baltimore ignited a big inning after loading the bases with two outs in the fourth.

McCann's drive to left-center field off Shane McClanahan scored both Ryan Mountcastle and Gunnar Henderson to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead. Mateo plated a pair of runs with a double over the head of left fielder Arozarena before he came around to score on Hays' hit to right field.

The Rays responded by putting runners in scoring position in the sixth inning before Franco brought them home with a single to center field.

Paredes' RBI single to center field trimmed Baltimore's lead to 5-3 in the seventh inning, and Tampa Bay forged a tie in the eighth after Franco's RBI groundout and Arozarena's sharp run-scoring single to left field.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Grayson Rodriguez Player Shane McClanahan
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 4.0
6 Strikeouts 5
3 Hits 5
3.18 ERA 11.25
Hitting
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Adam Frazier Player Randy Arozarena
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
1 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 7 0 10 .212 10 11 6 5 1 0
Tampa Bay 7 0 8 .226 13 10 5 4 1 0