BALTIMORE — The initial suspense in Wednesday’s game was over how long Rays pitchers were going to continue their no-hit bid, which ended in the seventh inning.

But then the bigger question concerned why Rays closer Pete Fairbanks sealed the 6-2 victory with a kiss.

Especially because Fairbanks blew it in the direction of the Orioles dugout two batters after hitting Baltimore first baseman Samuel Basallo on the right wrist with a pitch.

Fairbanks dismissed the initial social media reaction that he was taking aim at the Orioles, saying the target was a fan seated above the home dugout who had yelled some rude things at him.

“No. No, no, no. No, no, no. For people that want to speculate out there — this is straight from the source — it was to a guy about [5-foot-8 mlb.com reporter] Adam

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