Sunday, 4 a.m.
Remember this one as a squandered opportunity.
The reason, of course, were several other smaller squandered opportunities.
The Tampa Bay Rays lost their second straight game Saturday evening, falling 4-3 in 10 innings to the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field.
The Rays wasted several chances throughout the game. They left 12 men on base, and they had only three hits in 13 opportunities with runners in scoring position. After rallying to tie the game in the ninth, they remained in a tie for two pitches until closer Bryan Baker gave up the winning single to Tyler O'Neill.
In the third inning, it seemed the Rays would have runnrs on second and third with no one out. But replay showed that the Orioles had tagged Taylor Walls as he slid into second base. The Rays scored only when Baltimore catcher Carlos Narvaez overthrew third base on a pickoff attempt.
In the fourth, Liam Hicks walked and Chandler Simpson singled with no one out. But Jonny DeLuca popped up a bunt, Cedric Mullins struck out and Rich Palacios flied out.
In the sixth, the Rays scored a run when Mullins tripled, but he was left on third base as the inning ended.
The Rays did score in the ninth when Yandy Diaz singled, Jonathan Aranda singled and Junior Caminero hit a soft single to third to score the tying run.
The Rays had three hits from Aranda and two each from Diaz and Simpson.
Ian Seymour went six innings without a decision. He gave up a pair of home runs in the no-decision.
Rays’ pitchers struck out 15 Baltimore hitters.
The Rays and Orioles play again today at 12:15 at Tropicana. Freddy Peralta (5-9) will start for the Rays against Trever Rogers (7-8).
