Given his turbulent three-year tenure with the Orioles, right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez might have been the least likely starter to deliver the team's first complete game in more than two years.
Jimenez regained his spot in the starting rotation by default when right-hander Chris Tillman went on the disabled list two weeks ago. But since then, the Orioles have been treated to a different Jimenez than the one who labored through this season struggling to find the strike zone.
And in the Orioles' 7-3 win over the last-place Tampa Bay Rays on Monday afternoon — the first game of a critical nine-game road trip that will also take them through playoff contenders Detroit and Boston — Jimenez offered one of the most dominating performances by an Orioles starter all season.