The Orioles wrapped up the 11-day road trip with an 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Sunday afternoon. It was a game soured by a surprisingly bad Kevin Gausman performance and an enigmatic offense that stopped threatening after early success.
It all started so brightly for the Orioles offense. Sergio Romo was deployed as the starter for the second time in this series. Much like they did the first time, the O’s smacked him around a bit. A one-out Pedro Alvarez walk and singles from Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop loaded the bases for Chris Davis, who is still hitting in the fifth spot in the order for some unknown reason.