Orioles win another challenge (O's down 1-0)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are 2-0 this season and 2-0 challenging calls.

Desmond Jennings was ruled safe at first base tonight with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, allowing a run to score and prolonging Miguel Gonzalez's stay on the mound. However, replays showed that Jennings was out and it should have been a double play.

The umpires eventually got it right after manager Buck Showalter came out of the dugout to challenge. The Orioles executed the 6-4-3 double play, with second baseman Jonathan Schoop again putting his cannon arm to good use.

New replay coordinator Ben Werthan, whose primary responsibility is serving as coordinator of advanced scouting, is off to a good start.

Gonzalez is having a shaky one.

Gonzalez went to a full count on three of the first four Rays and returned to the dugout with his pitch count at 32. Leadoff hitter David DeJesus saw 10 pitches before flying out to right field.

How many 10-pitch at-bats have we seen in this series?

Closer Zach Britton ran the count full to all three batters he faced last night, striking out the side. So, that's six full counts to seven Rays hitters over the past two nights.

Steven Souza Jr. and Asdrubal Cabrera singled with one out in the first, and Evan Longoria walked to load the bases. Jennings followed with his ground ball to shortstop Ryan Flaherty, who started the delayed double play.

Gonzalez retired the Rays in order in the second inning on only 10 pitches, leaving his count at 42. The right-hander struck out Allan Dykstra, who's making his major league debut.

Alejandro De Aza struck out in the top of the first, the sixth time he's fanned in this series. Rays starter Jake Odorizzi has struck out four of the first seven batters he's faced, including Flaherty leading off the third.

Update: We're still scoreless after four innings and Gonzalez's pitch count stands at 66.

The Orioles also are 2-0 when the other team challenges a call. Manny Machado made a spectacular play to retire Logan Forsythe and end the fourth, but the Rays argued that Forsythe beat the throw. He did arrive ahead of the ball, but his foot came down short of the bag and the call stood after a 2 minute, 5 second delay.

Machado made a lunging backhanded stop, slid into foul territory, jumped to his feet and fired a strike to Chris Davis.

Davis, by the way, is 0-for-2 with two strikeouts tonight.

Update II: Brian Matusz walked in a run and the Rays took a 1-0 lead in the sixth.

The Orioles issued four straight two-out walks, the first two by Gonzalez. Forsythe walked with the bases loaded before Tim Beckham struck out.

Gonzalez is charged with one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, with five walks and five strikeouts. He threw 98 pitches, 59 strikes.

The Orioles have two hits - a double by Ryan Lavarnway and a single by De Aza.