ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Adam Jones put the Baltimore Orioles' relocated homestand in perspective.
Jones got four hits, including a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 to win a series shifted from Camden Yards.
"People have been through worse, man," Jones said. "We're athletes. There's more people in Baltimore that are facing tougher hardships than we're facing. We get to play baseball for a living. You've got to look at the people that actually have to face some hardships. Those are the people back in Baltimore right now."
Playing as the home team, the Orioles took two of three at Tropicana Field. The games were moved when rioting broke out in Baltimore earlier in the week following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering a spinal cord injury in police custody.
"It's cool that the Rays, their organization seen what was going in Baltimore and they offered to switch the series on such short notice," Jones said. "You've got to give them thanks."
Jimmy Paredes' RBI double with two outs made it 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Jones was up next and he delivered a two-run single, tying his career high for hits in a game.
"I've got one simple philosophy ... get the heater and try not to miss it," Jones said.
Tommy Hunter (1-1) threw a perfect seventh for the win. Zach Britton pitched 1 1/3 innings to get his fifth save.
Steve Geltz (1-1) allowed two runs in one inning.
After crowds of 9,945 on Friday and 12,789 on Saturday, Sunday's announced turnout was 16,652. Tickets for the series were general admission in the lower bowl, which holds around 18,000.
The Rays are averaging 17,545 in home attendance this year.
Baltimore got within 2-1 on Rey Navarro's pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth. Navarro replaced second baseman Steve Pearce, who left because of a stomach illness.
James Loney put the Rays up 1-0 on a home run in the second off Wei-Yin Chen.
Logan Forsythe made it 2-0 with a run-scoring single in the fifth.
"It was just one of those nights that the opposition handled us," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Chen allowed two runs and seven hits over six innings.
Nathan Karns gave up two hits, both singles by Jones, in five scoreless innings.
Tampa Bay wasted a solid scoring chance in the fourth. After Forsythe was tagged out sliding past third base on his try for a leadoff triple, the next two batters reached but were left stranded.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: CF Desmond Jennings (left knee) went on the 15-day disabled list. ... LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) threw 25 pitches in his first batting practice session.
Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy (left shoulder) and INF Ryan Flaherty (groin) will both join Double-A Bowie on Monday. ... There is no date yet for when C Matt Wieters (elbow surgery) will start a minor league rehab assignment.
LET'S NOT GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE
Cash dropped to 0 for 10 in challenges when a safe call at second base in the sixth with the Rays on defense was confirmed.
ST. LOUIS CONNECTION
Jones is the first Orioles player to have four or more hits three times within the team's first 23 games. Since records are first available in 1914, the only other player in franchise history to do it was Baby Doll Jacobson in 1924 for the St. Louis Browns.
UP NEXT
Rays: Monday night's game at Boston will be just the fourth outdoor game this season for Tampa Bay, which opened the year with 22 of 25 indoors.
Orioles: After an off day, Baltimore opens a two-game series Tuesday night at the Mets. The Orioles will be spending most of the week in New York, following the Mets matchup with four games at Yankee Stadium.
Jones got four hits, including a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 to win a series shifted from Camden Yards.
"People have been through worse, man," Jones said. "We're athletes. There's more people in Baltimore that are facing tougher hardships than we're facing. We get to play baseball for a living. You've got to look at the people that actually have to face some hardships. Those are the people back in Baltimore right now."
Playing as the home team, the Orioles took two of three at Tropicana Field. The games were moved when rioting broke out in Baltimore earlier in the week following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering a spinal cord injury in police custody.
"It's cool that the Rays, their organization seen what was going in Baltimore and they offered to switch the series on such short notice," Jones said. "You've got to give them thanks."
Jimmy Paredes' RBI double with two outs made it 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Jones was up next and he delivered a two-run single, tying his career high for hits in a game.
"I've got one simple philosophy ... get the heater and try not to miss it," Jones said.
Tommy Hunter (1-1) threw a perfect seventh for the win. Zach Britton pitched 1 1/3 innings to get his fifth save.
Steve Geltz (1-1) allowed two runs in one inning.
After crowds of 9,945 on Friday and 12,789 on Saturday, Sunday's announced turnout was 16,652. Tickets for the series were general admission in the lower bowl, which holds around 18,000.
The Rays are averaging 17,545 in home attendance this year.
Baltimore got within 2-1 on Rey Navarro's pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth. Navarro replaced second baseman Steve Pearce, who left because of a stomach illness.
James Loney put the Rays up 1-0 on a home run in the second off Wei-Yin Chen.
Logan Forsythe made it 2-0 with a run-scoring single in the fifth.
"It was just one of those nights that the opposition handled us," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Chen allowed two runs and seven hits over six innings.
Nathan Karns gave up two hits, both singles by Jones, in five scoreless innings.
Tampa Bay wasted a solid scoring chance in the fourth. After Forsythe was tagged out sliding past third base on his try for a leadoff triple, the next two batters reached but were left stranded.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: CF Desmond Jennings (left knee) went on the 15-day disabled list. ... LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) threw 25 pitches in his first batting practice session.
Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy (left shoulder) and INF Ryan Flaherty (groin) will both join Double-A Bowie on Monday. ... There is no date yet for when C Matt Wieters (elbow surgery) will start a minor league rehab assignment.
LET'S NOT GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE
Cash dropped to 0 for 10 in challenges when a safe call at second base in the sixth with the Rays on defense was confirmed.
ST. LOUIS CONNECTION
Jones is the first Orioles player to have four or more hits three times within the team's first 23 games. Since records are first available in 1914, the only other player in franchise history to do it was Baby Doll Jacobson in 1924 for the St. Louis Browns.
UP NEXT
Rays: Monday night's game at Boston will be just the fourth outdoor game this season for Tampa Bay, which opened the year with 22 of 25 indoors.
Orioles: After an off day, Baltimore opens a two-game series Tuesday night at the Mets. The Orioles will be spending most of the week in New York, following the Mets matchup with four games at Yankee Stadium.
1:35PM,EDT,May 3,2015
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Guyer flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Machado popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Paredes struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Jones singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Davis struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Longoria walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Longoria out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Loney homered to right (360 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Beckham flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Pearce popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Young grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Snider flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Kiermaier grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Rivera struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer doubled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Joseph grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado lined out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Forsythe doubled to deep center, Forsythe tagged out at third. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Butler singled to center, Longoria to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Loney popped out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Beckham grounded into fielder's choice to third, Longoria out at third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Paredes grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Jones singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Davis walked, Jones to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Pearce lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Young grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Kiermaier singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Rivera popped out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer singled to left, Kiermaier to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Forsythe singled to left, Kiermaier scored, Guyer to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Snider struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Joseph flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Butler flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Loney flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Beckham grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Gomes pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Machado reached on bunt single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Paredes lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Jones reached on infield single to shortstop, Machado to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Cedeño relieved Gomes. | 2 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Geltz relieved Cedeño. Navarro hit for Pearce. | 2 | 0 |
| Navarro singled to right, Machado scored, Jones to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Kiermaier popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Rivera popped out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| Guyer grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Steven Geltz pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Snider singled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Machado walked, Snider to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Jepsen relieved Geltz. | 2 | 1 |
| Lough ran for Snider. | 2 | 1 |
| Paredes doubled to left, Lough scored, Machado to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Jones singled to center, Machado and Paredes scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Davis singled to right, Jones to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Ramírez relieved Jepsen. | 2 | 4 |
| Navarro flied out to left. | 2 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Darren O'Day pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Forsythe safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Cabrera. | 2 | 4 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| DeJesus hit for Butler. Britton relieved O'Day. Elmore hit for DeJesus. | 2 | 4 |
| Elmore grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | BAL |
| Young grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| Lough struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Joseph grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Zach Britton pitching for Baltimore | TB | BAL |
| Loney walked. | 2 | 4 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Loney to second on fielder's indifference. | 2 | 4 |
| Rivera grounded out to third. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Guyer LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .259 | .369 | .407 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .205 | .293 | .375 |
| Forsythe 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .296 | .374 | .481 |
| Longoria 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | .274 | .386 | .405 |
| Butler DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
a-DeJesus PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .317 | .333 |
b-Elmore PH-DH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .571 |
| Loney 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .286 | .342 | .514 |
| Beckham SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .241 | .297 | .448 |
| Kiermaier CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .296 | .324 | .535 |
c-Cabrera PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .194 | .250 | .269 |
| Rivera C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .135 | .169 | .203 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 129 | |||
| a-hit for J Butler in the 8th b-grounded to second for D Dejesus in the 8th c-struck out swinging for K Kiermaier in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Guyer (5, Chen); Forsythe (7, Chen) HR: Loney (2, 2nd inning off Chen 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Loney (6), Forsythe (11) 2-out RBI: Loney, Forsythe GIDP: Butler Rays RISP: 1-7 (Longoria 0-1, Rivera 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-2, Beckham 0-1, Loney 0-1, Forsythe 1-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 2B S PEARCE (ILLNESS) LEFT GAME BOT 6TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 16,652 (36.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:44 |
| Weather | null, conditions to follow |
| Wind | NA |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Todd Tichenor, Third Base - Tim Welke |
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