After a brief weather delay, the Rays and Orioles were off to a start.
Before the game, the Rays made a change activating Colin McHugh of the 10-day IL and optioned Luis Head down to AAA Durham.
Nelson Cruz hustled his way to a double in the top of the 1st inning, but couldn’t be brought home.
In the top of the 2nd inning, Yandy Diaz continued his anti-ground ball stance by hitting a home run to give the Rays their first lead of the game.
Joey Wendle singled and Manuel Margot doubled to put runners on second and third base with no outs.