BALTIMORE (AP) -- Rookie Alex Colome allowed two singles in 5 2-3 innings to earn his first win in over a year, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Friday in the opener of a split doubleheader.Brandon Guyer had three doubles, scored twice and drove in a run to help Tampa Bay improve to 2-7 against Baltimore this season. The Rays had lost 11 of their previous 13 games on the road.Manny Machado homered for the Orioles, who finished with only three hits - one after the second inning. 
Added to the roster for the doubleheader as the 26th man, Colome (1-0) gave up one run, walked four and struck out three in his fourth big league start. The right-hander is 2-1 lifetime, including a victory over Miami in his debut on May 30, 2013.Jake McGee worked the ninth for his second save.The 25-year-old Colome outpitched Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (3-2), who yielded five runs, seven hits and a career-high four walks in five-plus innings.It's been a strange year for Colome, who served a 50-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy until May 25. He was activated by the Rays and pitched four innings against Toronto on May 26 before being optioned to the minors after the game.In his last start for Triple-A Durham, Colome gave up nine runs in 1 1-3 innings against Syracuse on June 21. He had far more success against the Orioles, holding them to one hit after Nick Markakis opened with a single.Gausman, who also served as the 26th man, failed to have a perfect inning and fought with his control for much of the outing. In addition to his four walks, the right-hander hit a batter and threw a wild pitch.Baltimore got a first-inning run when Markakis singled and scored on a groundout by Chris Davis.In the Tampa Bay second, Guyer hit an RBI double and came home on a single by Matt Joyce.A two-out RBI single by Jose Molina made it 3-1 in the fourth. The Rays used doubles by Guyer and Joyce, along with a single by Sean Rodriguez, to add two runs in the sixth.Machado connected off Brad Boxberger in the seventh. Machado is awaiting word on his appeal of a five-game suspension from Major League Baseball for intentionally throwing his bat onto the field in a June 8 game against Oakland.
Added to the roster for the doubleheader as the 26th man, Colome (1-0) gave up one run, walked four and struck out three in his fourth big league start. The right-hander is 2-1 lifetime, including a victory over Miami in his debut on May 30, 2013.Jake McGee worked the ninth for his second save.The 25-year-old Colome outpitched Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (3-2), who yielded five runs, seven hits and a career-high four walks in five-plus innings.It's been a strange year for Colome, who served a 50-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy until May 25. He was activated by the Rays and pitched four innings against Toronto on May 26 before being optioned to the minors after the game.In his last start for Triple-A Durham, Colome gave up nine runs in 1 1-3 innings against Syracuse on June 21. He had far more success against the Orioles, holding them to one hit after Nick Markakis opened with a single.Gausman, who also served as the 26th man, failed to have a perfect inning and fought with his control for much of the outing. In addition to his four walks, the right-hander hit a batter and threw a wild pitch.Baltimore got a first-inning run when Markakis singled and scored on a groundout by Chris Davis.In the Tampa Bay second, Guyer hit an RBI double and came home on a single by Matt Joyce.A two-out RBI single by Jose Molina made it 3-1 in the fourth. The Rays used doubles by Guyer and Joyce, along with a single by Sean Rodriguez, to add two runs in the sixth.Machado connected off Brad Boxberger in the seventh. Machado is awaiting word on his appeal of a five-game suspension from Major League Baseball for intentionally throwing his bat onto the field in a June 8 game against Oakland.
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