Yandy Díaz Drives Rays Past Orioles 4-1 at Tropicana Field

Yandy Díaz hit a go-ahead home run and drove in two runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The win marked the Rays' third consecutive victory and extended their recent run of success.

Díaz went 2-for-3 at the plate. His RBI double in the first inning tied the game after Baltimore's Taylor Ward led off the contest with a solo home run. Díaz then broke the 1-1 deadlock in the sixth inning, launching a solo home run to straightaway center field to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead.

Rays starting pitcher Griffin Jax allowed one run on three hits over five innings, walking one batter and striking out six. The bullpen secured the win, with four relievers combining for four scoreless innings. Kevin Kelly earned the win after pitching a scoreless sixth, and Bryan Baker recorded a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 13th save of the season.

The Rays added two insurance runs in the eighth inning. After Díaz was hit by a pitch and replaced by pinch-runner Carson Williams, Richie Palacios hit an RBI double to score Williams. Palacios then scored on a subsequent single by Jonny DeLuca to make it 4-1.