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Rays 7 Orioles 1: Sometimes, the baseball gods have your back

It’s been a while since the Rays were the team with the strong defense and timely hits. Watching this game I kept thinking how rough this would be if you were an Orioles fan; with your team fighting for the division title, you allow five walks, commit a costly run-scoring error, throw two costly wild pitches, and serve up a home run to Taylor Walls?

Meanwhile the Rays, after so many runners-in-scoring-position woes, came up with a winning formula to start the game.

First, to avoid stranding runners, you hit the ball out of the park:

Yandy noticed Baltimore didn't have a roof and took it personally pic.