Matt Barnes appealing suspension (O's lead 5-3)

Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes has been suspended four games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing a pitch yesterday behind third baseman Manny Machado's head. Barnes will appeal the suspension, according to Major League Baseball.

Barnes was ejected from the game after the ball hit Machado's bat. Machado returned to the batter's box and produced on RBI double on the first pitch from Joe Kelly.

The Red Sox are off today and Barnes will be available on Tuesday while he appeals.

Earlier today, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he anticipated that Barnes would be suspended.

"Yes, I am," he said. "Curious to see what they end up with. I have a lot of confidence people will look at it and do the right thing.

"That's not my job. I worry about the Tampa Bay Rays tonight and all that stuff is behind us. Move on."

Showalter, always an early arrival to the ballpark, found today that Kevin Gausman was way ahead of him.

Gausman already was sitting in the video room following another disappointing start yesterday that left his ERA at 7.50 in 24 innings. He's registered only one quality start.

"He and Roger (McDowell) will figure it out," Showalter said. "Would I like for it to be perfect every time out? Sure. And he's striving for that.

"Is it physical? No. Is it mental or emotional? No. So I have a lot of confidence that he'll work out some things mechanically because his stuff is there. He's working around some breaking balls, throwing slider a little bit more and he's gotten around some. The changeup hasn't been as consistent. He's trying to get away from that lateral break. If you stay on the plane of the bat you usually have some trouble. And his fastball has been staying on the plane of the bat."

The Reds couldn't square up Ubaldo Jiménez Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park. He held them to two hits in 7 2/3 scoreless innings.

Good mechanics equaled better fastball command, which will need to be repeated tonight against the Rays.

"Usually it isn't as simple as that, but I think with him a lot of times it is," Showalter said. "To stay together mechanically, especially him, is a challenge and when he does it's pretty good. And also he had some players who hadn't seen him much and didn't see the ball well off him and he took it and ran. But it doesn't matter if he sees a team that's seen him a lot. If his command's there, he presents a real challenge for guys.

"It's very unorthodox, things they don't see very often. But his command and control both were good instead of just control. He had good command of the strike zone. It seems like a long time ago, doesn't it?"

Perhaps he can refresh a few memories tonight.

Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter tonight with Seth Smith back in the lineup and patrolling right field. Trumbo hasn't homered since is walk-off on opening day and is batting .227/.271/.318 (15-for-66) with three doubles, six RBIs and 17 strikeouts.

Trumbo had eight hits in 20 at-bats, including two doubles, before going 0-for-7 in his past two games. His frustration bubbled to the surface Sunday when he slammed his bat to the ground while popping up to the catcher with two on and one out in the sixth inning.

"Mark's pretty hard on himself," Showalter said. "He was last year. He could have 10 line drives in a row and the 11th one, he ... He expects good things from himself every time up. Part of the reason we like him so much. Mark never says, 'That's good enough.' He's always putting himself in a 'what have you done for me lately?' mode.

"I've seen him frustrated after two home runs and just missing a pitch the next time up. Mark's very driven for perfection in a world that just can't do it. But yeah, he gets frustrated, especially with some pitches he think he should have done more with or he lets expand the zone."

Showalter isn't worried about Trumbo, who led the majors in home runs with 47 last year.

"I've said many times if that's our biggest issue ..." Showalter said. "Mark will figure it out if there's something lacking."

The tarp is being rolled up and the grounds crew is preparing the infield. The rain has stopped and the Orioles will attempt to play tonight's game.

Update: Corey Dickerson homered on the fifth pitch from Jiménez to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead.

Update II: The Orioles tied the game in the third on Chris Davis' bases-loaded grounder, but Jiménez walked four batters in the fourth and allowed two runs to give Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead.

Vidal Nuño inherited a bases-loaded, one-out mess and struck out Dickerson and Kevin Kiermaier.

Jiménez allowed three runs and three hits in 3 1/3 innings, with five walks, three strikeouts and a home run. He threw 78 pitches, 35 for strikes.

Update III: Hyun Soo Kim and Jonathan Schoop hit back-to-back homers off Chris Archer in the sixth to tie the game. Archer hadn't surrendered a home run in four starts before tonight.

Kim's home run to right-center field was his first this season. The Orioles have gone back-to-back three times this month, the other two by Schoop and Trey Mancini.

Nuno tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Mychal Givens is working the seventh.

Update IV: Givens stranded two runners and Adam Jones hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh after Seth Smith was hit by an Archer pitch to give the Orioles a 5-3 lead.