Rays blank Orioles 3-0
Wade Davis threw a four-hit shutout to earn his first major league win and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Thursday night to earn a split of the four-game series.
Evan Longoria had three hits and drove in a run for the Rays, who put a positive finish on a dreadful road trip. Tampa Bay went 2-9 against AL East foes New York, Boston and Baltimore.
Making his third big league start, Davis (1-1) struck out 10 and walked two in his first complete game. The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, then permitted only one runner past first base over the final eight innings.
Reds 3, Marlins 2: Jay Bruce singled with the bases loaded in the first inning and Cincinnati held on to beat Florida, which wasted a chance to gain ground in the NL wild-card chase.
The Marlins remained 4 1/2 games behind Colorado and a game behind San Francisco, both of whom were off. They couldn’t break their extended slump at Great American Ball Park, where they’ve dropped eight in a row.
Left-hander Matt Maloney (1-5) got his first career victory by going five innings and giving up a pair of runs. He started in place of Johnny Cueto, who became sick a day earlier.
Right-hander Anibal Sanchez (2-7) gave up a leadoff homer by Darnell McDonald in the first, then let the Reds load the bases. Bruce, making his second start since returning from a broken wrist, hit an opposite-field single for a 3-0 lead. Sanchez threw 39 pitches in the decisive inning.