Orioles 6, Rays 1
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis, Jonathan Schoop, Nolan Reimold and Manny Machado all homered as the Baltimore Orioles remained unbeaten with a 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
All four had solo homers, with Schoop, Reimold and Machado hitting theirs in a four-run fifth which broke the game open.
Reimold and Machado gave the Orioles (4-0) their first back-to-back homers this season.
Baltimore starter Chris Tillman (1-0), who threw just two innings on Opening Day due to a rain delay, got the win. The right-hander gave up one run on four hits in five innings, bouncing back after a slow start to retire 11 of the last 12 batters he faced.
T.J. McFarland then threw three scoreless innings in his first appearance this season before Brad Brach pitched the ninth.
Chris Archer (0-2), the Tampa Bay starter, continued his recent struggles. He allowed all four home runs and gave up six runs on 10 hits in his five innings.
The right-hander now is 0-5 in his last eight starts going back to last season. This loss ended a two-game Tampa Bay (2-3) winning streak.
Each team got long home runs in the first two innings.
Longoria belted a solo shot off Tillman in the first that went nearly halfway up the left-field seats.
Davis tied it by homering on Archer's first pitch of the second inning. The Baltimore first baseman belted a shot to deep center field for his 800th career hit.
Davis helped the Orioles take a 2-1 lead in the fourth. He drew a one-out walk off of Archer and moved to second on a wild pitch before scoring on Wieters' two-out single.
The Orioles added some more power in the four-run fifth. Schoop homered on Archer's first pitch of the inning. Reimold followed with his solo homer two outs later before Machado added another solo shot two pitches later.
Davis walked and later scored on a Wieters' infield single which banged off Archer, giving the Orioles a 6-1 lead.
NOTES: Orioles CF Adam Jones was out of the starting lineup for a second straight game (rib issues). Rookie Joey Rickard replaced him there as he did in Thursday's win over Minnesota. ...Baltimore SS J.J. Hardy also was out of the starting lineup, being bothered by some calf tightness. Manager Buck Showalter said Hardy felt something during a run in Thursday's game. The weather for this game - it started with temperature in the 40s, with wind -- didn't help matters for both, plus Saturday's game could be in jeopardy with possible rain/snow showers forecast. That would give Jones and Hardy another day off and more time to heal. ...RHP Vance Worley will start for the Orioles on Sunday -- if Saturday's game gets played. ...This was the 241st straight game in which the Rays started a pitcher who is younger than 30. RHP Chris Archer, the starter for this contest, is 27 years old. ...3B Evan Longoria's first-inning homer off RHP Chris Tillman was the seventh in his career off the Baltimore starter.