GCL Rays at GCL Orioles

Sarasota, Florida: The GCL Rays fell to the GCL Orioles 5-4 on Friday afternoon at Twin Lakes Park. Both clubs matched runs in the beginning but when it was over, the Rays fell one run short.

The Rays took the lead in the second inning. Hector Rodriguez singled on a line drive to center to lead off the inning. Rodriguez advanced to second on a wild pitch. Rodriguez would later scored on a single by Jonathan Quinonez. Quinonez then scored on a throwing error on a steal of third, giving the Rays a 2-0 lead.

The Orioles bounced back to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. Manuel Hernandez singled to right to lead off the inning. Tanner Murphy rebounded from his earlier error by striking an RBI triple to score Hernandez. Murphy later scored on a sac fly by Rojean Cleofa to tie the game 2-2.

The Rays grabbed the lead back in the third inning. This time it was a solo home run by Edward Dorville that put the Rays back in front 3-2.

But the Orioles matched the run and raised it another in the bottom half of the inning. The Orioles loaded the bases following three consecutive hits by Moises Ciriaco, Glynn Davis and Jerome Pena. Hernandez followed threw with an RBI single to tie the game. Then Murphy plated the go ahead run with a sac fly that gave the Orioles a 4-3 lead.

The Orioles pushed an insurance run across the plate in the fifth inning. Pena doubled to center to lead off the inning. He then advanced to third on a single by Michael Mosby. Hernandez singled home Pena to increase the lead to 5-3.

The Rays added a run to their total in the sixth. Darryl George and Omar Narvaez drew walks to put runners aboard. Quinonez then singled to left to load the bases. George scored on a ground out by Ariel Soriano to put the Rays within a run of the lead 5-4. But the Rays stranded the other two runners in scoring position and could not get another run as they fell 5-4.

Joan Guerrero suffered the loss for the Rays. Miguel Chalas was the winning pitcher for the Orioles.

Click on the photo above to view the Rays/Orioles gallery with photos from today's game.

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