Ubaldo Jimenez tossed the Orioles’ first nine-inning complete game in more than two years in Monday’s win over Tampa Bay. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images)The importance of each game in the Baltimore Orioles’ pivotal nine-game road trip intensifies by the day, but they can’t look ahead to dates with fellow playoff contenders Detroit and Boston. They still must take care of business on a three-game trip to last-place Tampa Bay. The Orioles’ offensive strength has been their ability to launch balls into the seats, but on Monday afternoon it was their situational hitting that served as the recipe to victory. Jimenez rebounded from a rocky start to pitch his first nine-inning complete game since June 1, 2011, and the first complete game by an Orioles pitcher in more than two years.

Source: Washington Post September 06, 2016 01:07 UTC