July 25, 2012|By Eduardo A. Encina | The Baltimore Sun
"You'd like to take advantage of them," Showalter said of the quality starts. "We had three hits tonight. And try to give their guy credit. It's not the first time he's pitched real well at this level. It's one of the things they've been pretty consistent with starting-wise. You're going to face good pitchers up here. We've done a good job of scratching across some and have pitching make it matter."
The Rays (50-47) didn't get their first hit off Chen until Keppinger's single with two outs in the fourth and he allowed just two baserunners through his first four innings of work.
After winning five straight and opening the day just 1/2 game behind the Oakland Athletics for the second American League wild-card spot, the Orioles played their first of nine games in nine days on Tuesday.
After the Rays leave town, the Oakland Athletics arrive at Camden Yards this weekend before the Orioles head to the Bronx for a three-game series against the division-leading New York Yankees. After that, they travel to Tampa Bay, completing nine of 13 games against AL East opponents.
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