Bundy turns in shortest start of season in 10-3 loss (with quotes)

The Orioles viewed last night's brutal 10-inning loss as just one game and vowed to move on from it. They won a few this season when the opposition also wondered what the heck happened. There isn't much time to dwell on it. Regroup and embrace a new day.

Just try not to fall behind by three runs in the first inning and surrender four homers by the fifth. It's an important component of the theory. Embracing the day is much trickier when it's covered in thorns.

Dylan Bundy was down 3-0 just four batters into the game, matching his first-inning total through his first 16 starts. Logan Morrison homered twice off him and the Orioles were assured of a series loss after the Rays claimed a 10-3 victory before an announced crowd of 28,346 at Camden Yards.

The Orioles endured their 11th rain delay, this one totaling 1 hour and 12 minutes, and the ensuing defeat lowered their record to 39-41 overall, 24-16 at home and 25-20 in the American League East. They're 6 1/2 games out of first place.

Bundy lasted four innings in his shortest start of the season, allowing five runs and seven hits with no walks and seven strikeouts. He worked 4 1/3 innings on June 19 against the Indians.

Manager Buck Showalter removed Bundy after 99 pitches and brought in Alec Asher, who served up Wilson Ramos' three-run shot in the fifth, the ball landing in the visiting bullpen to give the Rays an 8-1 lead. Asher allowed two more runs in the sixth inning, the seventh time in 21 games that an opponent has scored in double-digits.

Morrison produced his sixth career multi-homer game, and his ball in the third inning was the 91st to reach Eutaw Street and the 51st by an opponent. His 24 home runs are a career high.

Steven Souza Jr. followed with a drive deep into the Orioles bullpen to increase Tampa Bay's lead to 5-1.

The Rays worked Bundy for 31 pitches in the first inning, which he ended with strikeouts of Ramos on a changeup and Shane Peterson on a four-seam fastball.

Mallex Smith led off with a single and, running on the pitch, scored all the way from first base on Evan Longoria's single into right-center field. Morrison followed with his first home run of the day.

Souza doubled to left field, but Bundy struck out the next five batters, needing 10 pitches to dispose of Ramos in the first.

Bundy retired the first two batters in the third, giving him seven in a row, before Morrison and Souza homered. The Rays have gone back-to-back 11 times this season, the last two versus Bundy.

The Orioles reduced the lead to 3-1 in the second inning on Craig Gentry's RBI single off Jake Odorizzi that scored Mark Trumbo, who walked with one out. Welington Castillo reached on an infield hit with two outs.

Manny Machado snapped an 0-for-17 streak with a single in the third inning. Jonathan Schoop followed with his 18th walk, three fewer than his 2016 total, but Jake Odorizzi struck out the next two batters while Erasmo Ramírez warmed in the bullpen.

Schoop hit his 16th home run, a two-run shot to center field in the fifth to slice the lead to 8-3. They didn't get any closer, and Showalter made wholesale changes in the ninth, including putting Caleb Joseph at third base for the first time as a professional.

The grounds crew dragged the infield following the delay. Two teams made a game drag. And the Orioles came out on the wrong end.

Tomorrow is another day. They'd really like to embrace it before hitting the road again.

Note: Single-A Frederick pitcher Cody Sedlock, last year's first-round draft pick, was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a right elbow flexor strain. The move is retroactive to Thursday.

Sedlock is 4-4 with a 6.46 ERA and 1.66 WHIP in 13 starts over 62 2/3 innings.

Showalter on what he saw with Bundy: "I thought he was going to get on the horse there after the second inning. He came out and pitched well, but he elevated some balls that he doesn't usually elevate. Probably a little strong early on and it looked like he was going to be able to corral it. But they're doing a lot of things right right now."

On whether the increase in innings is affecting Bundy: "There's always a reason things happen. That could always play a part in it. He's pitched more innings than this in his career. I'm going to give Tampa the credit. They're doing a lot of things right. They're clicking. I know Dylan. He usually rights the ship. He had a couple tough and feels in between. That was the only thing I had concern with, that he might be a little too strong. I don't know."

On a couple singles that Rays turned into doubles: "No, they hit them in areas where their foot speed allows them to stretch it. I'd have to look exactly at the ones you're talking about. There were a lot of balls hit around the outfield today. But that's a good defensive outfield we have. A lot of it, the first run they scored was just foot speed. Running on the pitch and hitting it where we weren't playing. That's a ball that's usually, the second baseman catches, so you don't see that ball there. It's more about their foot speed and they're able to push the envelope."

On running up Odorizzi's pitch count: "I felt like when Ash came in, if we could have got a couple zeroes up there, it didn't look like he was going to be able to sustain it over a long period. He had great stuff. He does a great job of pitching slightly up in the zone. He carried a really good split today, which he didn't have in his last outing. That bodes well for their team if he's able to carry that. But we didn't do a whole lot off him. But we had a shot at him if we could have kept them at five."

On whether putting Joseph at third is to give the club another option: "It's our only option, really. I know people seem to talk a lot about ... I think we get an idea what Ryan Flaherty brings to the club. We get asked about some of the people we're missing. I'd love to get Manny a day. It's really tough with the way we're constructed right now with the injuries. But Caleb has a history and a past at it. Way back."