MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
77-82, 36-42 Away
Final
5 - 6
Baltimore Orioles
75-84, 39-42 Home

Beavers' 9th-inning homer gives Orioles 6-5 win, assures Rays 2nd straight losing season

Dylan Beavers mashes walk-off homer for O's

The Orioles — who would have been assured of a last-place finish in the AL East with a loss — rallied from a 5-2, eighth-inning deficit and guaranteed the Rays consecutive losing seasons for first time since four straight from 2014-17. Coby Mayo tied it with a two-run homer in the eighth.

Keegan Akin (5-4) worked the ninth. Kevin Kelly (2-5) allowed the homers to Mayo and Beavers, each on the first pitch of the at-bat.

Jesse Scholtens struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings of relief for the Rays. His final pitch was a swinging third strike by Colton Cowser in the eighth, but the ball got away for a wild pitch that allowed a run to score. Mayo then greeted Kelly with a two-run shot.

Tampa Bay's Christopher Morel opened the scoring with a bases-loaded double in the third that made it 2-0. Richie Palacios followed with a sacrifice fly.

Ryan Mountcastle hit a solo homer in the third and an RBI single in the fifth to pull the Orioles within one. The Rays answered with two runs in the sixth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Tristan Gray and Bob Seymour.

Key moment Rico Garcia allowed singles to the first three Tampa Bay hitters of the eighth, loading the bases. Then he retired the next three on two strikeouts and a lineout to keep the score 5-2 before Baltimore began its comeback.

Key stat The Rays haven't finished last in the AL East since 2016. They lead the Orioles by two games with three to play.

Up next Tampa Bay heads to Toronto for a three-game series against the playoff-bound Blue Jays. Adrian Houser (8-4) starts for the Rays on Friday night against Shane Bieber (3-2).

The Orioles are in New York against the Yankees, the team battling Toronto for the AL East title. Baltimore starts Trevor Rogers (9-2, 1.35 ERA) on Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Beavers homered to right (417 feet).
9th Inning Palacios lined out to center.
9th Inning Morel lined out to left.
9th Inning Caminero grounded out to second.
9th Inning Akin relieved Garcia
9th Inning Carlson in left field.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 6
9 Strikeouts 13
5 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
15 Hits 9
1 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 6
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 33
0 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
23 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
18 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 1
154 Pitches 157
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
17 Total Bases 21
41 Plate Appearances 37
0.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
2 Extra Base Hits 5
6.6 Runs Created 6.9
.395 Batting Average .273
.000 Pinch Hit Average .500
.447 Slugging Percentage .636
.132 Secondary Average .455
.415 On Base Percentage .351
.862 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .988
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
6.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.4
40.0 Batter Rating 44.5
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 11.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.76 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.24
.053 Isolated Power .364
0.22 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.31
.049 Walks Per Plate Appearance .108
-.263 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .182
10.0 Runs Produced 11.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.5 Balls In Play Average 0.4
94.0 MLB Rating 91.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 16,777 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto - 68 W4 0.5802469 94
New York - 68 W8 0.5802469 94
Boston 5 73 W1 0.5493827 89
Tampa Bay 17 85 L4 0.47530866 77
Baltimore 19 87 L3 0.46296296 75
Full Standings