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Orioles improve to 5-0 with win over Rays

Chris Graham

baltimore oriolesA Manny Machado two-run homer keyed a four-run Orioles second, and Baltimore rode off to a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday.

The O’s have won five straight to start the 2016 season, all at Camden Yards.

Brad Brach (1-0) vultured the win in relief, with an inning and a third of scoreless baseball.

Baltimore starter Vance Worley, staked to the early 4-0 lead, couldn’t get out of the fifth. Worley ended up giving up three runs on seven hits in four and two-thirds innings, striking out five and walking one.

Zach Britton put in a perfect ninth for his second save.

Machado was 4-for-4 at the plate with the homer, his second of the season.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].