Orioles bullpen blows late lead: Tampa Bay wins, 3

Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis watches his grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Erasmo Ramirez during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 25, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Rays are 9-20 since June 20, when they were a season-best 10 games over.500.

Baltimore scored in the fourth inning Friday before Tampa Bay (49-49) pushed across three in the eighth en route to a 3-1 victory. Kiermaier bunted for a single in the fifth, but was stranded when Rene Rivera struck out and Steven Souza Jr. grounded to third to end the inning.

“(Tillman) put us in a good spot and I didn’t get my job done”, said O’Day, who lost for the first time since September 19, 2014. “It was 4-0”. The Rays are 7-13 for the month, ahead of only Baltimore and Texas. “So I looked for a pitch out over the plate and was able to get a good swing on it”, Davis said.

“Huge hit”, Cash said. “I tried to expand the inside corner but I didn’t get it there and he just took advantage of that”.

To the Rays, four runs feels like a week’s worth. “We’ve been in it for a few time”. “We’re in a rut”. Gonzalez limited the Rays to five hits and one run in his 7 2/3 innings, actually raising his season ERA against the Rays to 0.93 in the process. Hardy, second baseman Jonathan Schoop and left fielder David Lough to load the bases, and Davis blasted his 22nd home run of the season to right field for his fifth career grand slam.Gonzalez kept the Rays off the scoreboard in the first five innings, holding them to three hits, including a first-inning double by third baseman Evan Longoria. Casali homered to left on a 2-1 count.

Orioles right-hander Chaz Roe relieved Gonzalez and recorded the final four outs of the game. The Orioles turned an inning-ending double play to take the 1-0 lead into the eighth, when Tillman was replaced after the leadoff walk to Kiermaier.

Rays: LHP Drew Smyly (torn labrum) will start a minor league rehab assignment Sunday with Triple-A Durham.

Tillman picked up where he left off from a stellar performance at Detroit last weekend, walking three and striking out four while frustrating Tampa Bay most of the night.

Orioles: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (8-6) faces the Rays for the fourth time this season. Moore struggled early in a 5-3 defeat at Philadelphia last time out with four runs plated on five hits and a trio of BB over 4.2 frames. Matt More is slated to make his 5th start of the year since coming off the disabled list.