The Baltimore Orioles have a clear target for the final week of the season: moving out of the American League East cellar.

They will continue that quest in the middle game of a three-game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

Fourth-place Tampa Bay (76-81) sits two games ahead of last-place Baltimore (74-83) as both teams head into their final five games of the season.

The Orioles won the weather-delayed series opener on night, holding the Rays to two hits in a 6-0 decision. Baltimore has won five of its past eight games, allowing more than two runs in only one of those victories.

The Rays have lost six of their past nine games. Tampa Bay must win its five final games to finish at .500.

To begin the series, the Orioles had catcher Adley Rutschman back in the l

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