BALTIMORE — The Rays got walked off for a second straight day.
After taking leads in the 11th, 12th and 13th innings, they lost 9-7 Monday afternoon when the Orioles rallied for four runs in the bottom of the 13th off reliever Jesse Scholtens.
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Leody Taveras doubled in one run, Jackson Holliday’s sac fly scored the second, and a Colton Cowser two-run homer provided the winning margin.
The end came after several eventful innings.
The Rays took a 4-2 lead in the 11th on a long and loud two-run homer by newly-acquired Victor Mesa Jr., who made amends for a seventh-inning throwing error that gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead.
The Orioles then got even in their 11th, with two runs on singles to left off Ian Seymour. First by Pete Alonso (with Chandler Simpson’s throw hitting runner Adley Rutschman’s foot, allowing Alonso to advance to second). Then by Jeremiah Jackson to score Alonso.
The Rays went back ahead in their 12th as the speedy Simpson moved to third on a Junior Caminero fly-out and scored on a sac fly by Jonathan Aranda, extending his AL-leading RBI total to 30.
Then the O’s got even again.
They scored on a fielder’s choice grounder to first by Gunnar Henderson when Cowser was first called out on a slide into home, then safe after a replay review. Rays catcher Nick Fortes was shaken up on the play and as he was on the ground when Henderson advanced to third. Rays manager Kevin Cash went out to talk with the umpires and Henderson was sent back to first. Then the Orioles challenged the call at home and Cowser was ruled safe.
The Rays took a 7-5 lead in the 13th when former long-time Oriole Cedric Mullins delivered a run for the Rays in the 13th with a single to left. They added another on a sac fly by Fortes.
After being walked off Sunday in New York on Aaron Judge’s ninth-inning homer, the Rays (34-17) lost back-to-back games for the first time since April 20-21.
After being shut out Sunday at Yankee Stadium, the Rays put up five more zeroes on Monday before Aranda homered leading off the sixth.
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The 371-foot drive to right-center hit just above the outfield fence and bounced back, but was good enough to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.
The Orioles grabbed the lead with two runs in the seventh.
Taveras drew a leadoff walk, stole second and went to third when Hunter Bigge’s pickoff throw to second bounced into the outfield. He scored easily when Blaze Alexander dropped a single in front of Simpson.
Alexander then came around to score when Taylor Ward singled to right. Mesa, called up Sunday to replace the injured Jonny DeLuca, sailed his throw over third base and the ball rolled into an out-of-play area, with the umpires sending Alexander home.
The Rays came back to get even in the eighth.
Yandy Diaz laced a one-out double to center and when to third on Taveras’ misplay. Richie Palacios delivered a single to score pinch-runner Oliver Dunn.
Shane McClanahan, enjoying the return to his birthplace as usual, delivered another strong outing, officially 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks.
He was tough on the Orioles hitters throughout, but his most memorable sequence came in the fifth.
McClanahan fielded a Taveras bunt and tried to fling it from his glove to Aranda at first, but the ball went well wide of the base. That allowed Taveras to go to second, and McClanahan patted his chest a few times to indicate he knew it was his fault.
After a ground-out and a walk put two Orioles on with two outs, McClanahan scooped up Tyler O’Neill’s slow roller, made a strong and accurate throw to first for the final out and pumped his fist coming off the field in mock honor of making the play.
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