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- Updated: September 18, 2016
BALTIMORE — Adam Jones wouldn’t go as far as to call the Orioles’ series finale with the Rays on Sunday a must-win, but the star center fielder acknowledged the importance of splitting the four-game series with Tampa Bay before the first-place Red Sox come to Baltimore for four games starting Monday.
The Orioles’ 5-2 loss Saturday was their second in three days to last-place Tampa Bay, marking an ominous start to their final homestand.
“It’s not necessarily a must-win, but at this point in time of the year, you need every ‘W’ you can get,” Jones said. “I think we have 14 left and at this point, you can’t give games away.”
The O’s returned to Baltimore on Thursday fresh off a 6-3 road trip one game back of Boston in the American League East. And with the Rays, …
