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BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez will seek to extend his recent surge when he faces the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.With the 7-6 loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday night, the Orioles fell two games behind the Boston Red Sox for first place in the American League East. While the last-place Rays are looking at another offseason full of retooling, they have an opportunity to play spoiler over the final two weeks of the season.Were playing well, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. I dont think we care about spoiler. Were playing well and this is great learning experience for all of us in these environments. It seems like every one of those wins, theres been really crucial parts of the game and were having some guys who are really coming through for us.Baltimore will need to bounce back quickly with so many American League teams within striking distance of the two wild-card spots. Many of the players on the Orioles roster were on the postseason teams of 2012 and 2014 and that experience could serve them well.I dont think you press as much compared to a team that might not be familiar with it, Orioles closer Zach Britton said about the final playoff push. You go about your business every night. But if you win a series, you know the next series is just as important. You come down to the end here, every game is really important. We dont get too far ahead of ourselves in here, which I think really helps us.Meanwhile, Tampa Bay is hoping some of its younger players can come up big and provide some optimism for 2017. Some of them are already impressing Cash.We knew coming into September, this was going to be a good time to evaluate some of our players, Cash said. Right now, there are guys doing some good things, Corey Dickerson and Steven Souza and Kevin Kiermaier, all of them are playing great for us offensively. Thats great to see.Jimenez (7-11, 5.98 ERA) has been one of the Orioles best pitchers over the past month after losing his starting job. Jimenez went back in the rotation when Chris Tillman went on the disabled list. From there, Jimenez has thrived and has helped the playoff push.In his last outing against the Tigers, Jimenez allowed two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts to pick up his second straight win. Jimenez has a 2.83 ERA in his past four starts.It feels great to finally be able to be there for the team, since it wasnt going the way I wanted it at first, Jimenez said. That is the beauty of life and this game -- every day is a new day. You cant give up and you have to find a way to keep fighting.The Rays will look to fare better against Jimenez than the previous time they faced him. On Sept. 5, Ubaldo pitched a complete game in Baltimores 7-3 win.Basically, we saw Ubaldo get in a comfort zone, Cash said. I talked about it after the game. I saw him do that with the Indians. Once he feels he can throw, hes got four or five different pitches and changes speeds with all of them. Its basically, here it is, hit it approach. Thats what he did. There was just a ton of soft contact.The Rays will counter with Chris Archer, who has struggled over parts of the season and is trying to avoid a 20-loss season. Archer (8-18, 4.05) took a hard-luck loss in his previous outing when he allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings in a 5-1 loss to the Yankees.Archer is fourth in the American League with 217 strikeouts. He could possibly join the Angels Nolan Ryan (1976) as the only two pitchers to lead the American League in both losses and strikeouts in the same season.The New York game, that was an unbelievable start, Cash said. He gave up back-to-back homers. I know youre going to lose games like that, and you have to prevent that from happening. Well take that start from Arch for 35 of them. Cheap Wholesale Retro Jordans . 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When they get started offensively, they keep going. We had that bases loaded opportunity and didnt get anything out of it, but when they have a chance to get more runs, they come up with a big hit. We havent done that all year.The White Sox might have expected a Detroit rally, and couldnt have been surprised that Ian Kinsler was a big part of it. What they probably werent expecting was JaCoby Jones.In his major league debut, Jones gave the Tigers the lead with a sixth-inning double, and then added a second RBI in the seventh.Thats something Ill never forget, my first big league hit, he said. Its something you work hard for to get here and to do it in the first night at the plate, its simply amazing.Kinsler came into the game hitting .085 (4 for 47) in his last 13 games, but he hit a two-run homer in the fifth and added a two-run single in Detroits four-run sixth inning.He didnt mind the spotlight shining on Jones.To have your first hit be a big one, with your family here, thats very cool to see, he said of his rookie teammate. He even got the post-game interview and the ice-bucket shower. Thats a great night for him.Todd Frazier homered for Chicago.Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked up the win in relief of Daniel Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings.Matt Albers (2-6) took the loss, allowing three runs in the sixth after relieving Anthony Ranaudo.Chicago went ahead with three runs in the second. 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Jones slapped a double down the right-field line for his first hit and first RBI.Kinsler followed with a two-run single to give Detroit a 6-3 lead. Chicago got a run back in the seventh on Melky Cabreras groundout, but Shane Greene struck out Jose Abreu and Justin Morneau with a runner on third.J.D. Martinez restored Detroits three-run lead with a solo home in the seventh, his third extra-base hit of the game. Jones made it 8-4 late in the inning with a single through a drawn-in infield.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (groin) is expected to start a rehab assignment this week, while INF Brett Lawrie continues his with Double-A Birmingham. . LF Cabrera left the game late due to an illness, but expects to play Wednesday.Tigers: With CF Cameron Maybin still sidelined for a few days with a wrist injury, Detroit promoted Jones from Triple-A Toledo. Jones, acquired from Pittsburgh for Joakim Soria at last years trading deadline, can play both third base and center, allowing him to fill in for both Maybin and Nick Castellanos (hand). He started at third on Tuesday.UP NEXTThe teams finish their three-game series Wednesday afternoon, with aces Justin Verlander (14-7, 3.33) and Chicagos Chris Sale (15-7, 3.14) facing off. ' ' '