Orioles vs. Rays Game Highlights (6/17/25) | MLB Highlights

The Rays are still red hot, they've won 19 of their last 25 games and tonight they will send Zach Littell to the bump. The right hander is 6-6 with a 3.84 earned run average. Well here's Holliday on the first pitch of this game, swung on and lifted into left. Mangum coming in, now he has to readjust and go back a bit and makes the catch. Here comes Adley Rushman accounting for the lone Baltimore run yesterday with a home run to right. Rushman grounds one right on two hops. To the second baseman Brandon Lau has this one waist high and throws to first but too quick. And here's Gunner Henderson, he has been coming along. Swing and a ground ball right to first to his left goes Jonathan Aranda and circles in foul ground to get a hustling Henderson. And Zach Littell has a 1-2-3 first. We go to the bottom half, Dean Kramer to the mound. Here comes Dean Kramer who is 5-7 with an ERA of 4.99. And there is a four pitch walk. Rays put the leadoff man aboard. And here is Brandon Lau on the long homeward to center field last night. There's a ground ball to second base, Holliday flips it to Henderson, a bazooka to first is in time. And a much needed double play, that will help control the running game. Two outs, no score, bottom of the first inning. And it's going to send Yandy Diaz up to the plate. 0-1, driven well out to left center field. Cows are giving chase but he has got room as he makes the catch. Crossing onto the warning track and the inning is over. It will be Jordan Westberg to open up the second. 3-1. Cracked out to center field, sends Meisner back, still on the move and this ball is out of here. They're saying it's in play but it looked like it left the ballpark. As Westberg is looking back, it appeared like it was a home run. But the signal was made by the second base umpire, Brock Ballew, in play. So denied the home run, at least the Orioles get a runner at second. No score here in the second inning. The 1-2, ground ball to second base. This is going to get the runner over as Lau throws to first and retires O'Hearn. Runner at third, one away, and up comes Ramon Lariano. He's been so good in these situations. Trying to bring home that first run. Ramona, 3-2, belts it up the middle. Lau can't handle the hot shot. And Ramon Lariano delivers with a runner at third base. He brings in Westberg and gives the Orioles that all-important first run. Here is Aranda against Dean Kramer. Stakes to the 1-0 lead. Two for three with a walk, a double yesterday. Aranda has another hit. He's going to sprint around first thinking two. Lost the helmet on his way to second. Running against Lariano. He's dead meat. A tip of the cap from Dean Kramer. A flailing tag at the base and another outfield assist for Ramon Lariano. His team leading fifth. And he might as well give one to Gunner too. A great play on both ends and Aranda is denied extra base. Bottom of the third, finds Taylor Walls. High fly ball to right field. Your heart just falls all the way into your kneecaps when the ball goes up in the air out to right here. Back to the top of the order and Josh Lowe steps in. The 1-2. Clock to center field and deep. Kauser in his tracks, backing up, turns around, makes the grab. That ball was smoked to straightaway center field. But Dean gets a 1-2, 3-3. And here's Jordan Westberg who doubled his last time up. And he gets the strikeout swinging. Fastball takes care of Westberg. Ryan O'Hearn. 0-1 is lifted in the air, left field side. Outcoming arrow in Mangum. Outcoming arrow the call and Junior makes the catch two-handed. Backpedaling into the outfield grasp. We're out number three. So Zach Littell, since giving up a run, has retired eight in a row. We head to the bottom of the fourth. Brandon Lau homered last night and kind of put the game on ice. Standing in, trying to get the raise. Something cooking against Dean Kramer. 1-2 again. Swing of the ball, lying down the right field line. That's a fair ball base hit. And it'll go toward the corner. Laureano's got a great arm. He digs it out. The throw to second. Not in time. It's a leadoff double for Brandon Lau in the tying run and scoring position here on the fourth. Can the Rays quickly have two on and none out? Down 1-0 in the fourth. Aranda goes after the first pitch. High in the air to Kauser. Lau will tag for second. And Lau will go to third. And the Rays have met at the corners. Down 1-0 in the fourth with one down for Junior Comanero. Orioles scored after a man at third. One out situation. Rays trying to counter with one. And he's going to punch it through the right side. Base hit. And here comes Brandon Lau to tie this game on an opposite field base hit. Punched it softly through the right side to tie the game. Too long. All right. Now it's up to Matt Theis to break this 1-1 tie. The 2-2. Wave and a miss. He struck him out. And he got him with the splitter. So back-to-back case for Dean to end the fourth. It's the second out of the fifth inning. A 1-1 game between the Orioles and Tampa Bay. Sending Colton Kauser to the plate. And some moves coming out from the Orioles fans. The 0-2 pitch. Smashed out to the gap. Deep right center field by Kauser. And this ball is out of here. Colton Kauser crushes this one on the line. Off of the right center field fence. As the moves come in from the Orioles' baseball here. It's the fourth home run for Kauser. And the Orioles are back on top 2-1. On the 405-foot shot by Colton Kauser. The two-strike hit for Ryan O'Hearn. And the Orioles have two 2-out singles. The Orioles now have a chance with Loreano. Maybe their best and most hot hitter with men in scoring position. Coming up with two men on. And here's where Zach Mattel just crushes you. He gets hit hard early in innings. And then with two outs he bears down like almost nobody else in the game. You gotta stay back and try to shoot something up the middle. 3-2 he does. Right up the box for a base hit. Two run scoring singles today. Loreano has brought home Westford. In the second and now the sixth. And the Orioles lead is two. So five innings one run. D. Kramer's last four starts against the Rays. 22 innings to earn. And now this Oriole bullpen which has been just dominant of lead. Has a two run lead with 12 outs to get. They'll turn it over to Keegan Aitken. Out number two here in the home sixth. And now it'll be up to Junior Caminero to keep it going. Ground ball hit sharply to shortstop. Henderson up with it. The short way to second out. Aitken allows the infield base hit. And that's it. Now Carlson's at third. Rutschman's at first. As Henderson will come up to bat. Gunner Henderson has a hit his last six games. Where he's faced a lefty. Up the middle again. Henderson is a left on left assassin. That's seven straight games he's faced a lefty with a hit. It's another left on left. Ribby and the lead is 4-1. Yesterday Gregory Soto struck out Josh Lowe. See if round two can go to the Rays. Left hand batter here. He is going to bat in this spot. The 1-2. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. A foul tip into the middle of Rutschman. Soto comes on. He cleans up the mess. And the Orioles keep their three run lead. Carlson reaches base for a third time. Jackson Holliday the batter. Orioles good night with runners in scoring position. They have gone four for seven. Something that we know has been a weakness for them this year. Swing 3-1 as well. Left center field. That drops in for a base hit. But Britton waves Carlson home. And he's going to score. Holliday took second as well. And look at the Go-Go-Os who had a run here in the night. Four run lead but still Tony Mancellino is not messing around. Mancellino has got to be thinking myself. I feel very safe with Felix in the game. Two down for Taylor Walls. 1-1. Walls in the center field. Colt Couser who homered to give the Orioles the lead. Makes the catch to end the game. Brilliant baseball all the way around. Dean Kramer five innings one run. The bullpen for shutout. Big hits from Ramon Laureano and Colt Couser. Up and down the lineup the Orioles were great. And they win this game 5-1 to even the series in Tampa.