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BALTIMORE -- Wins and losses have been elusive for Jake Odorizzi, whos experienced a very strange season with the Tampa Bay Rays.Odorizzi pitched well enough to win Sunday, yet the result was familiar: a no-decision in the Rays 2-1 defeat against the Baltimore Orioles.It was the 16th start in which Odorizzi received neither a win nor a loss. The right-hander allowed one run and five hits in six innings, striking out three and walking none.Hes got a fine 3.73 ERA and has allowed two runs or fewer 20 times this year, but owns an unspectacular 9-6 record.Over time were going to win a lot of those ball games, manager Kevin Cash said.Odorizzi cant do anything about it but shrug his shoulders, grab the ball every fifth day and hope for the best.I honestly dont think about it, he said. I try to keep us close every time. Not lose us the game. As long as that doesnt happen, its a quality outing. Its a funky thing but no-decisions are a lot better than losses, the last time I checked.Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 43rd homer to break an eighth-inning tie and provide Baltimore with a much-needed win.Manny Machado also connected for the Orioles, who lead the majors with 236 home runs. Baltimore salvaged a split of the four-game series against the last-place Rays and improved to 16-47 when scoring three runs or fewer.We needed two runs to win today because we pitched real well, manager Buck Showalter said, and we got them.After missing two straight games with back spasms, Trumbo returned with a flourish. With one out in the eighth, the Orioles cleanup hitter drove the first pitch from Ryan Garton (1-1) far over the center-field wall, his career-high 101st RBI of the season.This time of year, someones got to step up at some point in the game, Trumbo said. It was a well-played game, but we just needed to get that hit there at the end. So it was nice.Brad Brach (10-3) pitched the eighth and Zach Britton got three outs for his 45th save in 45 tries. After Tampa Bay got a runner to second with one out against Britton, the lefty struck out pinch-hitter Logan Forsythe and retired Alexei Ramirez on a grounder to shortstop.Corey Dickerson homered for the Rays, extending the teams streak of games with a long ball to 14. The drive put Tampa Bay ahead 1-0 in the fifth inning.Odorizzi left with the score 1-all. Hes 6-1 since July 10.Cant be happier with the way Jake battled today, Cash said.Orioles starter Wade Miley allowed one single over four shutout innings, then left with a mild muscle strain in his upper back after warming up in the fifth.That put an end to perhaps his best performance since joining Baltimore on July 31. The left-hander was 1-5 with an 8.41 ERA in eight starts as an Oriole.Miley was replaced by Darren ODay, who was activated from the disabled list before the game. The sidearmers first pitch since Aug. 11 was hit by Dickerson into the left-field seats.Tampa Bay loaded the bases with one out in the sixth against Donnie Hart before Dickerson hit into a double play.Machado led off the bottom half with his career-high 36th home run and fourth in 32 career at-bats against Odorizzi.ITS A STEALRays CF Kevin Kiermaier stole his 18th consecutive base in the fourth inning. Hes 20 of 22. The Orioles have 17 steals as a team, on 28 attempts.TRAINERS ROOMRays: 1B Nick Franklin (hamstring) hasnt played since Thursday and is still pretty sore, according to Cash. ... C Bobby Wilson left the team because of a death in the family.Orioles: To make room for ODay (shoulder), 1B Steve Pearce (forearm) was moved to the 60-day DL, ending his season.UP NEXTRays: Tampa Bay is off Monday. 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GOLD COAST, Australia -- Former WNBA center Liz Cambage has been included in a 12-strong Australian squad that is aiming to win a medal at a sixth consecutive Olympic womens basketball tournament.This time, the so-called Opals want gold in Rio de Janeiro.Cambage, Laura Hodges and Rachel Jarry return from the squad which lost the semifinals to the United States at London 2012 and finished with the bronze. Penny Taylor and Erin Phillips return after missing the London Games.Gold is always the goal -- but we know there is a long way to getting the chance, said Taylor, who has two Olympic silver medals and, at 35, will be the oldest member of the squad.Taylor plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and has regular exposure to the top Americans.They are the defending gold medalists and are the pinnacle of our sport, she said. Theyre always who we see as our biggest competitor and we just want to give ourselves another chance to get in a position to be able to face them.Australia coach Brendan Joycce left out three-time Olympic medalist Suzy Batkovic and picked seven first-time Olympians in his squad.dddddddddddd. Lauren Jackson, who won three Olympic silver medals and one bronze, retired earlier in the year because of knee injuries.Marianna Tolo, Australias highest scorer at the 2014 world championships, recently returned from a 10-month injury layoff for an eight-game trip to Europe to confirm her place in the Olympic squad.The Australians travel to Dallas next week for warmup matches against Canada, France and the Olympic and world champion U.S. team.The Opals open their Olympic campaign against Brazil on Aug. 6 and have group matches against Turkey, France, Japan and Belarus.Squad: Liz Cambage, Marianna Tolo, Cayla George, Stephanie Talbot, Rachel Jarry, Nat Burton, Katie-Rae Ebzery, Tessa Lavey, Leilani Mitchell, Laura Hodges, Erin Phillips, Penny Taylor. ' ' '