Based on his recent success against the Baltimore Orioles , David Price has a good chance to become the majors' first 15-game winner.

Undefeated since the middle of June, the Tampa Bay Rays left-hander can achieve that feat Sunday in St. Petersburg with a third straight winning start over the Orioles.

Price (14-4, 2.64 ERA) is 6-0 with a 2.08 ERA in eight starts since losing at home to the New York Mets on June 13, pitching at least seven innings in each of those outings. He's 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA in four starts at Tropicana Field in that stretch.

He will try a second time for his 15th win after allowing three runs and striking out 11 in seven innings of a 4-3, 15-inning loss at Oakland on Monday.

"It stinks any time you lose a game," Price said.

Price appears to be in good position to earn that victory Sunday after giving up one run and striking out 15 over 14 1-3 innings to win his first two outings against the Orioles in 2012, improving to 6-2 with a 2.45 ERA in 11 career starts in the series.

He allowed four hits in 7 1-3 innings of a 5-0 home win June 1, then yielded a run and struck out 10 over seven innings of a 10-1 win at Baltimore on July 25.

"He's good, period," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

Scheduled Baltimore starter Miguel Gonzalez (3-2, 4.46) allowed a season-high seven runs and hit three batters in 2 2-3 innings against Price and Rays last month. The rookie right-hander was able to rebound from that start by winning Monday at Yankee Stadium, where he gave up four runs and three homers but struck out a season-best eight in 6 2-3 innings of a 5-4 victory.

Though Gonzalez has allowed nine home runs while posting a 5.34 ERA during his first five major league starts since entering the rotation last month, he's 3-2 in those outings.

"I think he's given us pretty good outings consistently," Showalter said.

He hopes for another Sunday as Baltimore (56-51) tries to cap a 4-2 road trip with a second straight victory. Wei-Yin Chen allowed five hits over seven innings and Nate McLouth had two hits in his Orioles debut in a 4-0 win Saturday.

After the Orioles went 0 for 22 with runners in scoring position while losing their previous two contests - including Friday's 2-0 series-opening defeat - All-Star catcher Matt Wieters delivered an RBI single in the first inning Saturday.

"It's nice to be able to get a hit and RBI, especially when runs can be at a premium," said Wieters, who is 8 for 23 in his last six games after going 1 for 30 with 15 strikeouts in his previous eight.

Signed to a minor league contract as a free agent in June, McLouth hit .244 with 10 homers and 33 RBIs in 47 games for Triple-A Norfolk before being called up Saturday. The outfielder was 8 for 57 (.140) in 34 games with Pittsburgh earlier this season.

Teammate Nick Markakis , who had an RBI Saturday, has batted .412 (14 for 34) in his last eight road games.

Ben Zobrist had two of the six hits for the Rays (56-51), who had a three-game winning streak snapped. He's 7 for 17 (.412) in five home games against the Orioles this season.

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