Well it sure started off in a fun way. With Dylan Bundy scratched from today’s start, Chris Tillman was on the mound against our Rays, and Kevin Kiermaier welcomed him by taking his very first pitch over the wall in right center field to put the Rays up 1-0 early.
Chris Archer struggled mightily in the first frame as well, giving up hits to Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, Adam Jones, Chris Davis and Pedro Alvarez that ended up sending four Orioles across the plate to more than erase Tampa Bay’s early lead.