Mahtook gets 5 hits, Rays use 6-run 5th to beat Orioles 8

Rookie Mikie Mahtook tied a team record with five hits, Grady Sizemore had a three-run double during a six-run fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Orioles 8-6 Friday night.

The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays are running out of time for a playoff push. “We made a lot of mistakes”, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

It was the seventh victory in the last nine games for the Orioles (72-74), who remain in third place in the American League East and are still theoretically alive in the wild card race with 16 games to play. In addition to this game-ending play, Schoop extended a hitting streak to twelve games with a fourth inning single.

The six-run fifth inning reduced one flee in need of twin the Rays’ leading inning along the period, and to discover the four extra-base collides with matched up among the most in different inning.

Rays: Drew Smyly (2-2, 3.14 ERA) will make his 10th start of the season and he’s trending in the right direction.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on a bunt single by Manny Machado, a double by Chris Davis and an RBI groundout by Jones.

Chen bounced back from a pair of shaky outings to limit Kansas City to two runs on six hits over seven innings and improve to 5-1 over his last 10 turns.

Chaz Roe (4-2) pitched a ideal 1 1/3 innings and Darren O’Day, subbing in for closer Zach Britton, picked up his third save of the season with a scoreless ninth.

“I was pretty amped up when I went out there and a combination of being excited and having that adrenaline going for not only a spot start but an opportunity to kind of build some momentum for the team led to what it led to”, Wilson said.

He faces Smyly, who has been very tough on Baltimore, allowing just three runs in four career starts. “It felt like home”, said Pena, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Friday’s game.

The Orioles led 3-0 early on a three-run home run by shortstop J.J.

With the Rays up 3-0 going into the eighth inning and the Orioles free-swinging their way to 9 K’s and only two hits, the Rays turned to a reliever sporting the numbers mentioned above; confidence abounded, until we saw Alex pitch. He entered hitless in seven at-bats against Smyly.

Orioles sixth. C.Davis doubled to right.

Rays: LHP Xavier Cedeno (left side) was sharp in a simulated game….

Limited to 28 games this year because of left knee injuries, Jennings had been expected to return this season.

Home plate umpire Sean Barber, left, watches as Baltimore Orioles…

The ball never came down – it hit the C-Ring catwalk and stayed above the playing field, the fifth time in Tropicana Field that’s happened. The right-hander was called up at the end of Triple-A Norfolk’s season on Tuesday and learned Thursday that he would get his third start with the Orioles. Ramirez lost a no-hit bid Monday night against the New York Yankees when Carlos Beltran had a leadoff single in the eighth.