​ST. PETERSBURG, FL – AUGUST 17: Yennier Cano #78 of the Baltimore Orioles cannot field a soft ground ball by Junior Caminero #13 of the Tampa Bay Rays (not pictured) during the seventh inning of the baseball game at Tropicana Field on August 17, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Orioles took the field tonight in pursuit of a four-game sweep against the first-place Rays. The offense put the team in a position to pull it off, but the bullpen failed to hold the advantage. Yennier Cano allowed three runs in the seventh, and the Rays got the last laugh with a 7-6 win.Coby Mayo got the Orioles on the board with the fourth longest home run of the season. Mayo has salivated at the sight of lefties this season, and he took Rays starter Shane McClanahan to task. Mayo got ahead in the count before receiving a fastball down the middle. The 24-year-old barreled the ball and sent it 468 feet to an area of Tropicana Field that does not see many baseballs. Brandon Young got through the first two innings unscathed but gave one back in the third. Young caught too much of the plate with a 2-2 fastball, and Yandy Díaz evened the score at one with a solo shot. The Orioles offense did not waste any time reclaiming the lead. Jackson Holliday led off the fifth with a single to right, and Mayo responded with another extra-base hit against a southpaw. Mayo ripped a ball down the left field line to put two runners in scoring position with nobody out. Gunnar Henderson struck out swinging, but Christian Encarnacion-Strand came up with the big hit. With the infield playing in, CES smoked a ball up the middle to provide Baltimore a 3-1 advantage. Unfortunately, Young failed to deliver a shutdown inning. Ryan Vilade trimmed the lead in half with a solo homer, and Richie Palacios reached base with a two-out single. Young came within one strike of escaping the inning with the lead, but former Oriole Jorge Mateo smoked an 0-2 slider for a go-ahead, two-run homer. Once again, the Orioles offense came to life for their starter. Facing former teammate Tyler Wells, the Orioles followed Tampa’s blueprint from the prior inning. Pete Alonso quickly evened the score at four with an opposite-field homer. Henderson came through with a two-out single, and Encarnacion-Strand delivered a big fly to secure a 6-4 advantage. The Orioles did not provided Young another opportunity at a shutdown inning. Instead, Craig Albernaz handed the ball to Cam Sanders. Sanders continued his Cinderella start to his Baltimore career with two shutout innings. Sanders struck out three and did not allow a base runner in the fifth or sixth innings. Baltimore had its bullpen setup after a blowout win yesterday, and Sanders bridged the gap with two strong innings. Regrettably, things did not go as planned. Yennier Cano replaced Sanders in the seventh and failed to record an out. Cano allowed a leadoff single to Taylor Walls, plunked Díaz, and surrendered a run