ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays didn’t play their cleanest game of the season on Wednesday, but they were still able to come away with a 4-3 win over the Orioles at Tropicana Field thanks to an eighth-inning homer by
**The pitching staff comes through again** \nWhile Perez got the big hit, the Rays’ pitching staff -- which now has 10 pitchers on the injured list with Jalen Beeks out for the season \\-\\- deserves a lot of credit for the win.\n\nTampa Bay’s defense, which continues to be a work in progress, was charged with two errors on Wednesday, and there were a handful of other plays that could have easily been recorded as such but weren't. Despite that, the Rays’ staff held the Orioles to just three runs -- all unearned.\n\n“The pitching was huge,” Cash said. “Our defense wasn’t as clean as we would like it. We’re going to continue to harp on that, talk to them about it. But our pitchers did a tremendous job. ... We won the game because they were able to limit damage and pick us up after some of our defensive miscues.”
**Ongoing conversations** \nWith some MLB teams deciding not to play on Wednesday to show solidarity against social injustices, the Rays said that they will keep the conversation going about what they’ll do regarding Thursday’s series finale against the Orioles.\n\n“We’ll keep the conversations in-house and in the clubhouse. But saying that, I think we all recognize that there’s work to be done and we have to do better as a society,” Cash said. “Hopefully the Rays and our players, our staff and everybody involved, is at the forefront of doing that.”\n\n