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Baltimore Orioles 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2, on August 22, 2026, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Baltimore edged Tampa Bay despite the clubs producing nearly identical offensive profiles, with each lineup collecting eight hits and hitting one home run. The Orioles converted their opportunities more effectively, recording three RBI to account for every Baltimore run, while the Rays finished with two RBI. Tampa Bay entered with the stronger overall batting rates, carrying a .736 OPS compared with Baltimore’s .715, but that advantage did not translate into enough scoring in a tight road loss. The Orioles also overcame nine strikeouts and drew only one walk, making their limited contact count when runners were in position to score. Baltimore played clean defense with no errors, an important detail in a one-run game in which a single extra baserunner could have changed the result. With no Vegas total available, the clearest trend was run prevention: 16 combined hits produced only five total runs. The narrow win should help Baltimore’s run differential and preserve flexibility for its upcoming rotation decisions.