The Orioles batting order was built to be in attack mode, designed to send balls over the fence at Camden Yards in a flurry. And in Friday night's series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, that blueprint was on full display against one of the best pitchers in the American League.
Rays right-hander Chris Archer, considered by many to be a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, allowed 19 homers all of last season. The Orioles hit three homers off him in an 11-pitch span in the fifth inning in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rays.