Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 1, 2015
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 9945

TAMPA -- Alex Colome threw five shutout innings in his first start of the season to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-0 win against the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field on Friday.

The weekend series was originally scheduled to be played at Camden Yards, but was moved earlier in the week because of unrest in Baltimore. The Orioles (10-11) were designated as the home team and a crowd of 9,945 attended the game.

Tampa Bay (13-10) scored both of their runs in the fourth inning and that was more than enough for Colome, who gave up three hits and struck out six on 60 pitches (42 strikes) in his season debut. Relievers Brandon Gomes, Steve Geltz, Kevin Jepsen and Brad Boxberger combined to give up one hit over the final four innings with Boxberger earning his sixth save of the season.

Third baseman Evan Longoria broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a double down the left-field line that scored shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera. Longoria came around to score on a single by James Loney to give the Rays a 2-0 lead.

Colome struck out six and gave up three hits in five innings. Colome threw 60 pitches.

Orioles starter Chris Tillman retired the first 11 batters he faced.

NOTES: According to Major League Baseball and the Elias Sports Bureau, all three games at Tropicana Field this weekend will be treated as Orioles home games for attendance purposes. The Rays will wear road uniforms and the Orioles will bat at the bottom of each inning as the home team. ... Rays RHP Alex Colome made his season debut Friday after spending nearly a month on rehab after contracting pneumonia. ... Rays OF Brandon Jennings had his sore knee checked by Dr. Koco Eaton on Thursday. The Rays are hopeful Jennings can return to the lineup this weekend, but a DL stint is a possibility. ... Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he's optimistic that INF J.J. Hardy (shoulder) and RHP Ryan Flaherty (groin) can begin rehab assignments Monday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Alex Colome Player Chris Tillman
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Brandon Guyer Player Caleb Joseph
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 1
.667 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 4 0 5 .133 6 9 2 2 0 0
Baltimore 4 0 4 .129 7 13 0 0 0 1