Jorge Mateo went 5-for-5 with two doubles while Cedric Mullins homered among his three hits as the Baltimore Orioles routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-3 on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rougned Odor finished 4-for-5 and Anthony Santander went 3-for-5 as part of the Orioles’ 19-hit attack. Adley Rutschman homered, and Mullins, Rutschman, Odor, Mateo and Ramon Urias each drove in two runs.
Baltimore starter Austin Voth (3-1) pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out five.
Rutschman hit a home run that traveled an estimated 439 feet in the first inning to give Baltimore a 1-0 lead.
Mateo provided an RBI double in the second inning, and Rutschman added another RBI in the fifth on a sacrifice fly that scored Mateo to give the Orioles a 3-0 lead.
Baltimore blew the game open with a four-run sixth inning. Odor singled home a run, Urias hit a sacrifice fly and Mateo and Mullins each drove in a run with a single for a 7-0 edge.
Voth carried a no-hitter into the sixth before allowing a leadoff single to Jose Siri. Randy Arozarena immediately followed with a two-run homer. After David Peralta lined out, Yandy Diaz singled, prompting the Orioles to bring in Keegan Akin to replace Voth.
After Odor got a run back for the Orioles with an RBI single in the top of the seventh, Taylor Walls doubled home a run for Tampa Bay in the bottom half of the frame.
Mullins hit a solo shot in the eighth, and Urias’ ninth-inning sacrifice fly capped the scoring.
The surging Orioles are 38-23 since the start of June. Baltimore also is 8-2 since the start of August.
Corey Kluber (7-7) took the loss for Tampa Bay, which fell to 7-12 since the All-Star break. He allowed seven runs on 10 hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. Kluber struck out four.
–Field Level Media
