Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson (2) celebrates after hitting an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles’ Jordan Westburg (11) celebrates after hitting a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson, right, steals second base past Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe, left, during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Dean Kremer’s one-hit gem leads Orioles to 6-0 win over Rays
BALTIMORE (AP) — Dean Kremer pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-hit ball and the Baltimore Orioles began their final home series of the season with a 6-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
BALTIMORE (AP) — Dean Kremer pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-hit ball and the Baltimore Orioles began their final home series of the season with a 6-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
Kremer (11-10) struck out four and hit one batter but walked none in his 30th outing. In a game between clubs already eliminated from postseason contention, he continued his dominance of the Rays, improving his lifetime ERA to 1.64 and record to 5-1 across 11 starts against Tampa Bay.
Colton Cowser off Ian Seymour in the sixth. Gunnar Henderson drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a single off starter Ryan Pepiot, and Jordan Westburg and Tyler O’Neill also had run-scoring hits.
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Pepiot (11-12) allowed three runs on three hits and a walk over three innings in his career-high 31st outing to begin the Rays’ season-ending, six-game road trip. The 28-year-old has a 3.86 ERA over a career-best 167 2/3 innings.
The start was delayed an hour and 11 minutes by rain.
Orioles two-time All-Star Adley Rutschman went 0 for 4 with one strikeout in his first game since Aug. 17 (right oblique strain).
Up next
Rays righty Shane Baz (10-12, 4.99 ERA) will make his 31st outing of the season, two years after missing all of 2023 recovering from Tommy John surgery. Right-hander Tyler Wells makes his fourth start for Baltimore after his return from UCL surgery this month.
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