The top two teams in the AL East lock up on the diamond as they open a series down in the Sunshine State. It’s the Baltimore Orioles on the road as they kick off a short two-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday night. Baltimore earned a 6-3 win over the Cubs on the road Sunday afternoon to avoid being swept in a three-game series. Tampa Bay dropped the rubber game of their three-game interleague road set with the Padres, falling 5-4 Sunday afternoon. In the first series between the teams this season, it was the Orioles taking two of three at Oriole Park at Camden Yards May 8-10.
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Baltimore managed to earn the win in the finale of their three-game set with the Cubs at Wrigley Field to avoid being swept. The Orioles entered Monday’s action 44-27 on the season and stood second in the AL East race, five games behind the Rays for the top spot in the division. On Sunday, Baltimore rapped out 14 hits, led by Austin Hays (run), who had three. Anthony Santander (his 10th) homered for the Orioles in the victory. Dean Kremer (8-3) picked up the win on the mound as he threw five innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. Felix Bautista worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning, striking out one, for his 19th save of the season.
Kyle Bradish is on the mound as he makes his 13th start of the season for the Orioles in this contest. He comes in 2-3 with a 3.90 ERA, a 1.267 WHIP, 16 walks and 52 strikeouts over 60 in nings of work on the season. Bradish took a tough loss in his last start, which came at home against the Blue Jays Wednesday. He threw seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and one strikeout in an eventual 3-1 Baltimore defeat. Over his last three starts, Bradish is 0-2 with a 3.94 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, two walks and 16 strikeouts over 16 innings of work. Bradish makes his third career start against the Rays in this contest. He comes in 0-1 with a 10.24 ERA, a 1.966 WHIP, three walks and eight strikeouts over 9.2 innings of work against them. Bradish, in his 36th career major league start, pitches at Tropicana Field for the first time here.