Lorenzo Taliaferro returns to score team's first rushing touchdown

Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro bests the Oakland Raiders' Curtis Lofton (50) to score a touchdown during the fourth quarter.After a slow start to the running game in Week 1 against the Denver Broncos, the Ravens used some creative play designs from the shotgun and the powerful running style of second-year running back Lorenzo Taliaferro to help revive the ground attack Sunday.

Taliaferro, who was returning from a sprained MCL suffered just over a month ago in Philadelphia during the preseason, had a touchdown and 34 yards on seven carries, plus 12 yards on three receptions, in his 2015 debut.

He proved to be exactly the kind of downhill, change-of-pace back the Ravens were hoping he’d…