Pepiot has been excellent on the road (2.83 ERA in 2025, 2.94 ERA since 2023), and the 27-year-old righty has good numbers against Baltimore. Per ESPN, current Orioles own a whiff-laden .637 OPS against him.

Behind nine doubles, four home runs and a triple, the Baltimore Orioles dug themselves out of a six-run deficit and blew out the Tampa Bay Rays by 14 runs.

On June 18, Tampa Bay beat Baltimore 12-8 after the Orioles had taken an 8-0 lead in the top of the second. Then on Friday night — nine days later — it was the Rays who opened the scoring with six runs in the second. Only for Baltimore to storm back and rout Tampa Bay 22-8 .