Hopefully you didn’t tune in late tonight. Because if so, you might have missed the precious few minutes this one was close.
Austin Meadows cranked a grand slam for the big blow in a seven-run second inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays rolled past the Orioles Friday night, 7-1.
So, yeah. For 17 of the 18 half-innings played, the Orioles actually beat the Rays 1-0 tonight. Depending on how optimistic you are, you could look at it that way.
That one exception, however, told the story. In that top of the second inning, Tampa Bay sent up 11 hitters, collected six hits, and of course scored the seven runs.