Slugger Chris Davis found his stroke Tuesday, launching his first home run of the spring in the Orioles’ strange 11-5 Grapefruit League loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Ed Smith Stadium that was suspended in the eighth inning by rain.
Davis, who had to shake off a case of bronchitis early in camp, struck out in his first three at-bats of the exhibition season, but hammered a ball off Rays pitcher Austin Pruitt that easily cleared the right-center field fence in the fifth inning.
“It felt really good,” Davis said.