In six games against baseball's top two teams, the Baltimore Orioles looked as though they belonged.
Dean Kremer pitched six scoreless innings and the Orioles edged the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Wednesday night. Baltimore took two of three in the series to pull within 4 1/2 games of Tampa Bay atop the AL East.
The Orioles went 3-3 over their past two series against the Rays and NL-leading Atlanta Braves, outscoring those teams 21-18.
“We played extremely well," Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. “The Atlanta series was a little bit of a bummer, honestly. We end up winning that first one and had opportunities to win the next two and didn't.