Orioles’ Tillman wins 13th in 2-1 decision over Rays

OF Hyun Soo Kim (right hamstring) may not start this weekend…. Morrison’s hit was originally ruled to have cleared the short wall in left for a homer. Tampa Bay had the bases loaded and one out in the first but managed only a Souza RBI groundout for a 1-0 lead, with Corey Dickerson popping out to center to strand two.In the second, Logan Forsythe’s RBI single made it 2-0, but Morrison grounded out to third with the bases loaded to end the inning.

“It’s just fun watching a young player with the game starting to slow down for him”, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

The Rays had a chance in the ninth inning after Brad Miller doubled and went to third on a wild pitch. Moore has been solid at home this year, going 5-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 11 outings.

Gallardo lasted five innings, removed after a season-high 108 pitches and allowing 12 baserunners (eight hits and four walks). Kiermaier was hitting for more power while striking out less and walking more before landing on the shelf, but some bad luck on balls in play has hurt his average to this point.

Matt Moore has certainly turned a corner, as he allowed just two runs on a homer by J.J. Hardy in the third inning over 7 1/3 innings, extending his career-best streak to eight straight starts with at least six innings completed.

And as the Orioles opened the second half, Schoop provided the late-inning heroics in their 4-3 win over the reeling Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night, hitting the winning home run to break a tie at 3 with his 15th homer of the season.

Jepsen, 31, returns to the Rays after almost a year with the Minnesota Twins, posting a 6.16 ERA in 30 and 2/3 innings this season. RHPs Ryan Garton and Tyler Sturdevant were optioned to Durham.

The time has finally come for Dylan Bundy to etch his name atop the Baltimore Orioles’ rotation.

Bundy is 2-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 38 relief innings this season. Baltimore also selected the contract of LHP Donnie Hart from Double-A Bowie to join the bullpen.

Baltimore trails the Red Sox and Blue Jays in runs scored this season but leads all of baseball with 137 homers – 28 from major-league leader Mark Trumbo.