ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Baltimore Orioles are heading to Detroit for an important series after a tough one-run loss to the last place Tampa Bay Rays.Corey Dickerson had a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning to help the Rays beat Baltimore 7-6 on Wednesday and deny the Orioles a three-game sweep.Baltimore is one game ahead of Detroit for the second AL wild card and started the day one game back of AL East co-leaders Boston and Toronto.The Orioles and Tigers begin a three-game series Friday night.Now we go into another hostile place, and I tell our guys to stay focused on how much fun it is to be playing in these type of games, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Our guys arent dreading it at all. Theyre looking forward to being in that arena and being on that stage because theyve earned the right to be there.Dickerson, in a 2 for 28 slide, tied the score 6-all with an RBI single in the fifth and got the decisive hit during the seventh off Mychal Givens (8-2).J.J. Hardy drove in two on a second-inning double and Michael Bourn hit a solo homer during a three-run third that put Baltimore ahead 5-3.I was able to catch one today but especially in a pennant race I rather win, Bourn said. Its hard to sweep a team. As many series as Ive played, I think about how many sweeps Ive had and its not a whole, whole bunch.Baltimores Dylan Bundy and Tampa Bays Drew Smyly each allowed five runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.Kevin Kiermaier and Nick Franklin homered for the Rays. Brad Boxberger (3-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win and Alex Colome got three outs for his 31st save in 33 chances.Kiermaier hit a solo shot in the first and then pulled the Rays even at 5 with a two-run single in fourth. He has a career-best 11-game hitting streak.He sets the tone quite a bit, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Franklin had a two-run homer in the second.You score six runs, youd like to have a little better result, Showalter said.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: 1B Chris Davis (sore left hand) got the day off. ... RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder) is expected to start Sunday against Detroit. ... RHP Darren ODay (right shoulder) could pitch a simulated game Monday or Tuesday.Rays: RHP Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) threw off a bullpen mound, which lines him up to make his first appearance this weekend.COACHING CORNEROrioles: Pitching coach Dave Wallace has returned home and will return for Monday.Rays: New hitting coach Chad Mottola will join the team in New York for Thursday nights game at Yankee Stadium. 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The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Two of the most accomplished Giants will not play in their preseason opener on Friday night at MetLife Stadium against the Miami Dolphins.Wide receiver?Victor Cruz has been ruled out with a groin injury suffered earlier in the week. He did not practice Wednesday.Eli Mannings absence is the coaching staffs decision. The Giants want to take a longer look at backup quarterback Ryan Nassib this preseason. Nassib, who has not started a game in his first three professional years, is a free agent after this season.I made the decision not to play Eli tonight, coach Ben McAdoo said in a statemennt by the team.dddddddddddd We have a pretty good idea of what Eli can do, and as I said the other day when asked, Ryan is going to play a lot of football for us this preseason. And that starts tonight. We will also get?Logan [Thomas]?some?work, as well.Cruz was hoping to appear in a game for the first time in 670 days. It didnt happen, though he has adamantly asserted that the tightness in his groin is a minor problem. Cruz has missed most of the past two seasons with leg injuries. ' ' '