00:00O's baseball tonight at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida,
00:07where the Tampa Bay Rays will play host to visiting Baltimore Orioles
00:10in Game 2 of this three-game weekend series.
00:13Tonight, you got Zach Littell going out there, 3-5-6 on the ERA 8-7 record.
00:19Got that whip right around the 1.
00:2080 punch-outs in the 19 starts.
00:23Here's Jackson Holliday stepping in to lead off.
00:26He was phenomenal.
00:27That one ripped into right field by Jackson Holliday,
00:30and the Orioles have their leadoff man aboard.
00:32There's your slider, and it ends up in the middle of the plate.
00:36Here's Jordan Westberg with Holliday leading from first.
00:39Westberg charges it to the alley in right center field,
00:42and it'll drop in front of Lowen Simpson.
00:44Simpson plays it off the warning track as Westberg tiptoes in with a double,
00:49and the Orioles are threatening early against Littell here in the first.
00:53Second and third, nobody out.
00:54Henderson scorched two balls last night, a double and a triple to show for it.
01:00Line to left field.
01:01It'll hang up for Mangum, tagging at third, coming down the line.
01:05Holliday will score easily, and it's one zip.
01:07Baltimore here in the first.
01:09Now the bat of Ryan O'Hearn.
01:11Ripped into right field.
01:12That's a base hit.
01:13Westberg around third base.
01:14He's coming home, and he will score standing.
01:17An RBI single for Ryan O'Hearn, and it's 2-0 Baltimore.
01:21O'Hearn a short lead at first, still being held by Aranda, and the pitch line to first caught by Aranda, side retired.
01:27Two runs on three hits for the birds, and they give Dean Kramer a 2-0 lead.
01:31Dean Kramer presented with a nice 2-0 lead.
01:34He's the fourth best in the American League as far as throwing first pitch strikes.
01:39If you do that, you get the two strikes a little bit easier.
01:42You make it great pitches.
01:43Chandler Simpson beginning with a 17-game hitting streak.
01:49Yeah, and he got him.
01:50Well, again, how do you do it?
01:51You get 0-2.
01:52He runs him off the plate with a fastball, kind of moves his feet a little bit,
01:56and then comes back with a perfect splitter.
01:58Another payoff pitch.
02:00And Kramer got him with a fastball.
02:03Frozen.
02:04Yandy Diaz, a 2-90 hitter.
02:07And a 1-2 bounce towards Henderson on the backhand, on to first, and a 1-2-3 frame of work for Dean Kramer.
02:16Jackson with a lead off Siegel, came in on a sacrifice fly from Gunnar Henderson.
02:20And the delivery to the young man, fly ball center field, coming on and playing it on a bounce,
02:26is Simpson, 2-for-2 tonight for Jackson Holliday.
02:29He came in with 90 hits on the year, and that's third most in Orioles' history of hitters 21 and under.
02:36Henderson, swing with that big bat.
02:40And out the second, loud of Kim, that's 1, place base 2, 4-6-3.
02:46Nicely done on that double play.
02:48So, Kim leads it off.
02:51And now, a little looper into center.
02:53That's going to fall for a base hit.
02:55And a nice job, Kim reaching out, blocks that into center field, and the Rays have their first hit, their second base runner.
03:03Runner is going.
03:03That's a lighter and a double play.
03:05How about that?
03:06Kim was off on the pitch.
03:08A liner right to Ryan O'Hearn, who turns it in easily to a double play.
03:12One hopper right to Ryan O'Hearn.
03:14He's going to grab all three outs for Dean Kramer.
03:16Top of the fifth, 2-0 Baltimore.
03:18Zach Littell allowed those two runs early, and that's been that.
03:20Tyler O'Neill, the batter.
03:21Tyler O'Neill takes the 1-0 pitch and skies it to center field.
03:26Simpson is there, and just getting to the track, Chandler makes the catch for the out.
03:31Urias on a line to right center.
03:34Simpson got a great jump, but he overruns the ball.
03:36And it will go to the wall, and Urias will streak into second base with a one-out double.
03:42Simpson, who's new to center field, got a great jump on it, but simply overran the baseball.
03:48You don't see that every day.
03:49The Orioles have five hits tonight, three of them were in the first when they got their 2-0 lead.
03:54That'll keep Urias at second base as Kim battles it up and throws out Jacob Stokes.
03:59To Jackson Holliday.
04:00So a big spot here, and the Rays have not been able to muster much offense at all.
04:05And a ground ball and a great stop by Lyle.
04:09Thrill to the first, got him.
04:11Outstanding play right there.
04:13That is the defensive play of the night for the Rays, and a key spot.
04:18Well, the Rays down 2-0.
04:20Just two runs in the top of the first for Baltimore.
04:24And here is Theis.
04:26A little hopper right back to Kraber, who pitches off with the hop.
04:30Here's Simpson.
04:31Starting to get near the end.
04:32He's got a 17-game hit streak going.
04:34Pitch, swing, line, drive.
04:36Left center field.
04:37Moving over quickly as Couser.
04:38He is there.
04:39He's got it.
04:40Here's Brandon Lowes.
04:41Had a tough night.
04:41And a little spinner, full cue shot to the shortstop area.
04:45His third baseman, Arias, with the off-balance flip.
04:47And Lyle and the Rays are gone in the sixth.
04:50Another solid inning.
04:51Now to Diaz, lead off the home seventh inning for Tampa Bay.
04:54Dean Kramer has been outstanding tonight, firing the shutout against the Rays.
04:59They'll go through the meat of the order.
05:003, 4, and 5 coming up against Kramer, who has been dominant.
05:05And there is ball four.
05:08And the Rays get the leadoff man aboard.
05:10Third, third walk of the night given up by Kramer.
05:13And Arunda at the plate.
05:15And it got him.
05:17Big strikeout for Kramer.
05:19You get ahead in the count, you get guys to chase.
05:21This guy made the All-Star team.
05:23Falls, what, five, six inches off the outside corner?
05:25Junior Caminero, Rays with a potential tying run at the plate.
05:30And the ground ball, that's fair.
05:32Mike Ferd, up on a field line.
05:35Lundy's going to head to third, headed into second base, safely head first.
05:41Caminero with the two base hit.
05:43And it looks like Kramer's getting a little more fatigued.
05:46He's starting to hang pitches.
05:48See if the Rays can take advantage of it in a big situation.
05:50So it's second and third for Josh Lowell.
05:53And the ground ball to the right side.
05:55That's going to get a run home.
05:56Throw to Ferd.
05:57He's in time.
05:59Well, Lowell making contact.
06:01He got Jandy home from third.
06:03It's now two to one.
06:04Mangum struck out his last time up.
06:07And that suddenly doesn't do much.
06:09And a fly ball and a right.
06:12And Antonio coming in to make the catch.
06:14And the Rays get one and that's it.
06:16Now it's up to the bullpen to hold a 2-1 lead.
06:19Sir Anthony Dominguez coming out of the bullpen.
06:22And there's a ground ball base hit to right.
06:24Out of the reach of Holliday.
06:27And a leadoff single.
06:28Kim has his second hit of the night.
06:30This one's a lead off the eighth.
06:32Runner takes off.
06:33Pitch down and in.
06:34The throw is not going to be in time.
06:37A little bit to the shortstop side of the bag.
06:39And Kim picks up a big stolen base right there.
06:43And he shoots it into right field.
06:45Back goes O'Neal.
06:47He'll make the catch.
06:48A tag at second.
06:49Kim's going to advance to third.
06:52And so Thijs battling up there.
06:53Gets the job done.
06:55Well, here's Simpson.
06:56The infield comes up.
06:58And a base hit stroke through the middle.
07:00That will tie this game.
07:03Kim crosses the plate.
07:04Simpson extends his hitting streak to 18.
07:08Battled for that.
07:09And it's a 2-2 ball game.
07:11He's on the move.
07:12The pitch is a strike.
07:13And the throw is not in time.
07:16It's skipped in.
07:17Simpson went ahead first.
07:18And he is now in scoring position.
07:21Oh, look out.
07:23That pitch goes to the backstop.
07:26And over to third.
07:28Goes Simpson.
07:29So that was just ball four.
07:31Somehow it missed Caballero.
07:33Yandy Diaz up.
07:35Yandy has been scorching hot.
07:36And there he is ball four.
07:39And they load the bases.
07:41And it looked like the Minkahs wanted nothing to do with Yandy Diaz right there.
07:44And Gregory Soto is out of the bullpen trying to stop the Rays and keep it 2-2 where the bases loaded.
07:50And the pitch ground ball right side throw to the plate.
07:54And it's wide.
07:55The run scores.
07:56Here comes another man.
07:57He's going to score.
07:59And the Rays grab two runs to take the lead.
08:03No way they were going to get Simpson.
08:05And Caballero followed him on.
08:07And the Rays take a 4-2 lead.
08:10And now Junior Camonero with men on the corner.
08:13Camonero.
08:14And he got underneath it.
08:17Shallow.
08:18Henderson puts it away.
08:20Yeah, great pitch.
08:22Serves this one to left.
08:24Laureano gets underneath it.
08:25That will retire the side.
08:27Three runs in for the Rays in the eighth inning.
08:30And they get an opportunity to close it out with Pete Fairbanks.
08:33Pete Fairbanks going in the 38th game of the season.
08:37Got 15 saves.
08:382-7-5 ERA.
08:3931 punch outs.
08:40So those 15 walks.
08:42Colton Couser steps in.
08:44And he got him.
08:45Struck him out.
08:46Pretty good pitch there.
08:47Looked like a slider.
08:49Tyler O'Neal.
08:50The 0-2.
08:51O'Neal cracks this to the gap in right center field.
08:53That's down.
08:54That's a base hit.
08:55And it will roll to the wall.
08:57O'Neal turns first.
08:58He'll make it to second.
08:59Standing a one-out double for Tyler O'Neal on an 0-2 pitch.
09:03Urias is the batter.
09:04It's going to be right on right.
09:05as one would expect.
09:07And a fly ball lifted into left center field.
09:11And it's Mangum right there to make the catch.
09:14Two gone.
09:14Cedric Mullins had been in the on-deck circle.
09:17And he will pinch hit.
09:20And he hits it in the air.
09:21Shallow to right retreating.
09:23Cavallaro can't get it.
09:24O'Neal's coming down the line.
09:26He will score.
09:27And we've got a one-run game.
09:29Holiday could go deep and give him the lead.
09:31I'll take it.
09:32Yeah.
09:324-3 Tampa Bay.
09:34The pitch.
09:35He lifts it high in the air.
09:37Deep to center.
09:38Simpson.
09:39Back to the wall.
09:41Reaches up and makes the catch.
09:43And the ball game is over.
09:44I knew it was going to be close.
09:45I knew it was going to be against the wall.
09:47Somehow he's got the lead for us.
09:48Just glad he made the catch.
09:49Glad we got it dug.
09:50What a finish.
09:51The Rays with three runs in the eighth inning.
09:53And Holiday sending Simpson all the way to the wall to corral the 27th out tonight.
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