This one was a study in contrasts. A surging Tampa Bay got six innings of one-run ball from a 41-year-old pitcher in his 17th season and racked up 18 hits against an Orioles staff sleepwalking through its worst stretch of the season.
Meanwhile, the floundering Orioles turned to two rookies who pitched three innings apiece, surrendering six runs between them—not to mention a position player in the ninth inning—and their bats barely scratched Rays starter Rich Hill and his cagey old man stuff.
When Rich Hill made his first MLB start in July 2005, Dean Kremer was nine years old.