BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 No lead is safe this year when the Baltimore Orioles face the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n
Certainly not with seven innings still to play.<\/p>\n
On June 18, Tampa Bay beat Baltimore 12-8 after the Orioles had taken an 8-0 lead in the top of the second. Then on Friday night \u2014 nine days later \u2014 it was the Rays who opened the scoring with six runs in the second. Only for Baltimore to storm back and rout Tampa Bay 22-8<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m proud of our hitters,\u201d Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino said. \u201cWe were on the other side of this not too long ago.\u201d<\/p>\n According to information released by the team from the Elias Sports Bureau, Baltimore became the first team in either the American or National League to win by at least 14 runs after trailing by six.<\/p>\n On a drizzly night at Camden Yards, the Orioles produced an offensive deluge, falling one run shy of the team record since moving to Baltimore. Gunnar Henderson and Gary Sanchez each had four hits and a homer. Colton Cowser doubled three times. He and Ram\u00f3n Laureano each scored four runs.<\/p>\n With the Orioles down 6-0 in the second, Coby Mayo delivered a two-run double to start the comeback. When he came to the plate in the eighth, Baltimore led 20-8 and the Rays had infielder Jos\u00e9 Caballero pitching. Mayo took him deep for his first career homer to complete the scoring.<\/p>\n \u201cAn awesome moment obviously, no matter who it\u2019s off of,\u201d Mayo said. \u201cReally cool thing.\u201d<\/p>\n The last time two teams overcame deficits of at least six runs against each other was in 2023, according to Sportradar. Those two games also involved the Rays and happened in even closer proximity. On May 7 of that year, Tampa Bay trailed 6-0 before beating the New York Yankees 8-7 in 10 innings. On May 13, the Yankees fell behind 6-0 but came back to beat the Rays 9-8.<\/p>\n Baltimore\u2019s 14 extra-base hits (nine doubles, a triple and four homers) set a team record since 1954, when the Orioles began playing in Baltimore.<\/p>\n This game came after Tampa Bay allowed one run total in a three-game sweep of Kansas City. And after the Orioles had been no-hit at least into the seventh inning in three of their previous five games.<\/p>\n They had 21 hits in this one.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a lot of fun,\u201d Cowser said. \u201cThat\u2019s what this team\u2019s capable of, and being able to go out there and have a game like that hopefully continues that motivation and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n