Baltimore Orioles Defeat Tampa Bay Rays 5-3, Improve to 62-67

Final result

Baltimore Orioles defeated Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Tampa Bay Rays at 76-52 (.594).

MLB data listed Baltimore Orioles at 62-67 (.481).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 1st — Baltimore Orioles 1 run; 2nd — Tampa Bay Rays 3 runs, Baltimore Orioles 1 run; 5th — Baltimore Orioles 3 runs.

Pete Alonso (Baltimore Orioles): 2 hits, 3 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Kenny Piper (Tampa Bay Rays): 1 hit, 2 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Dylan Beavers (Baltimore Orioles): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Trevor Rogers (Baltimore Orioles): 7.0 innings and 6 strikeouts, (W, 9-8). Freddy Peralta (Tampa Bay Rays): 7.0 innings and 6 strikeouts, (L, 5-11). Jackson Holliday (Baltimore Orioles): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 run.

Kenny Piper hit a home run for Tampa Bay Rays in the top of the 2nd (2 RBI). Dylan Beavers hit a home run for Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the 2nd (1 RBI). Pete Alonso hit a home run for Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the 5th (2 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 1 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Tampa Bay Rays were 76-52, 1st in the division, division leader, magic number 32.

In the 2026 standings, the Baltimore Orioles were 62-67, 5th in the division, 14.5 games back in the division, 7th in the wild-card standings, 2.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 20, wild-card elimination number 32.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings