AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 TAMPA BAY 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 9 12 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - BRIAN BURRES, KURT BIRKINS (4TH), PAUL SHUEY (6TH), JOHN PARRISH (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, GRANT BALFOUR (8TH), BRIAN STOKES (9TH) AND JOSH PAUL WP - SCOTT KAZMIR (8-7) LP - BRIAN BURRES (5-5) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE TAM - CARLOS PENA (26) OFF BRIAN BURRES IN THE 1ST, 1 ON TIME: 2:46 ATT: 18,230 PROBABLES: BAL - ERIK BEDARD (11-4, 3.05) TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (1-6, 5.55)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (2) VS TAMPA BAY (9) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Patterson cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .266 C Gomez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .302 N Markakis rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .291 B Fahey lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 K Millar 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .269 M Tejada dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .300 R Hernandez c 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 .262 A Huff 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .253 J Payton lf-rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 .267 L Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .333 Totals 33 2 8 2 3 10 17 BATTING: 2B - C Gomez (10, S Kazmir); A Huff (23, B Stokes). RBI - C Patterson (30), J Payton (40). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Gomez 1, C Patterson 1, L Hernandez 1. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - B Burres (1, throw). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .298 C Crawford lf 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 .297 B Upton cf 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 .324 C Pena 1b 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 .280 D Young rf 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 .292 B Harris 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .301 J Gomes dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .255 J Wilson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 J Paul c 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .222 Totals 37 9 12 8 3 6 17 BATTING: 2B - J Paul (1, B Burres); B Harris (25, B Burres); C Crawford (26, B Burres); D Young (27, K Birkins). HR - C Pena (26, 1st inning off B Burres 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Pena 2 (69), C Crawford 2 (59), B Upton (47), D Young 3 (57). 2-out RBI - C Pena 2, C Crawford 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1, J Gomes 2, B Harris 1, J Wilson 1. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: Outfield assists - B Upton (C Patterson at 2nd base), D Young (C Gomez at Home). DP: 1 (D Young-J Paul). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 001 000 001 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 230 202 00x -- 9 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era B Burres (L, 5-5) 3 1/3 8 7 6 2 2 1 4.61 K Birkins 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 9.82 P Shuey 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.41 J Parrish 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.62 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era S Kazmir (W, 8-7) 7 7 1 1 2 9 0 3.72 G Balfour 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.79 B Stokes 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.92 Pitches-strikes: B Burres 77-51; K Birkins 37-22; P Shuey 16-13; J Parrish 14-10; S Kazmir 110-74; G Balfour 6-5; B Stokes 16-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Burres 1-7; K Birkins 3-2; P Shuey 0-3; J Parrish 1-1; S Kazmir 4-6; G Balfour 1-1; B Stokes 2-1. Batters faced: B Burres 21; K Birkins 11; P Shuey 5; J Parrish 3; S Kazmir 28; G Balfour 3; B Stokes 5. UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Rick Reed. 2B--Scott Barry. 3B--Tim Timmons. T--2:46. Att--18,230. Weather: INDOORS</div>
Kazmir, Crawford help Devil Rays rout Orioles <h3>TAMPA BAY 9, BALTIMORE 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- For the Tampa Bay DevilRays, eight finally was enough. Scott Kazmir threw seven strong innings and Carl Crawford hadthree hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored three times asthe Devil Rays snapped an eight-game losing streak to theBaltimore Oriloes with a 9-2 victory on Saturday. Carlos Pena added his team-leading 26th home run for the DevilRays, who had lost 10 of the previous 11 meetings between theclubs. Kazmir (8-7) allowed one run and scattered seven hits with twowalks and nine strikeouts. The 23-year-old, who won his thirdstraight home start, threw 74-of-110 pitches for strikes. Kazmir's home struggles have come full circle. The lefthanderwas 0-4 in his first 10 home starts this season but is 3-0 witha 0.69 ERA in his last four. Pena gave Kazmir a cushion with which to work by hitting atwo-run homer in the first inning, and Crawford plated two witha single in the second as Tampa Bay jumped to a 5-0 lead. Crawford, who turns 26 on Sunday, continued his torrid hitting.He has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games, batting .411(23-for-56) during that stretch. Tampa Bay got two more runs in the fourth on an RBI single byB.J. Upton and a groundout by Delmon Young. Young added atwo-run double in the sixth to make it 9-1. The Devil Rays reached Brian Burres (5-5) for seven runs - sixearned - and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Burres left with oneout in the fourth after allowing consecutive hits by AkinoriIwamura, Crawford and Upton. Iwamura, who was one of three Devil Rays with two hits, extendedhis hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. Corey Patterson had an RBI single in the fourth for Baltimore,which has lost four of six.
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (2) AT TAMPA BAY (9) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura flied out to center. C Crawford flied out to left. B Upton walked. C Pena homered to right, B Upton scored. D Young singled to left. B Harris flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2. TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes walked. J Wilson flied out to left. J Paul doubled to deep left, J Gomes to third. A Iwamura fouled out to shortstop. C Crawford singled to left center, J Gomes and J Paul scored. B Upton safe at third on throwing error by pitcher B Burres, C Crawford scored. C Pena struck out looking. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 5. BALTIMORE 3RD: A Huff singled to left. J Payton flied out to left. L Hernandez singled to left, A Huff to second. C Patterson singled to center, A Huff scored, L Hernandez to third, C Patterson out stretching at second. C Gomez struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 4TH: J Paul struck out swinging. A Iwamura singled to left. C Crawford doubled to left, A Iwamura to third. B Upton singled to left, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. K Birkins relieved B Burres. C Pena walked, B Upton to second. D Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crawford scored, C Pena out at second, B Upton to third. B Harris lined out to third. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 7. TAMPA BAY 6TH: A Iwamura singled to center. C Crawford singled to center, A Iwamura to second. B Upton struck out looking. C Pena singled to right, A Iwamura to third, C Crawford to second. D Young doubled to left, A Iwamura and C Crawford scored, C Pena to third. P Shuey relieved K Birkins. B Harris struck out swinging. J Gomes popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. BALTIMORE 9TH: B Stokes relieved G Balfour. M Tejada grounded out to shortstop. R Hernandez walked. A Huff doubled to left, R Hernandez to third. J Payton grounded out to shortstop, R Hernandez scored. L Hernandez flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 9.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (2) AT TAMPA BAY (9) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- C Patterson CF, C Gomez 2B, N Markakis RF, K Millar 1B, M Tejada DH, R Hernandez C, A Huff 3B, J Payton LF, L Hernandez SS, B Burres LHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Upton CF, C Pena 1B, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes DH, J Wilson SS, J Paul C, S Kazmir LHP. Umpires -- Chuck Meriwether (HP), Rick Reed (1B), Scott Barry (2B), Tim Timmons (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. BALTIMORE 1ST: C Patterson grounded out to second. C Gomez struck out looking. N Markakis grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura flied out to center. C Crawford flied out to left. B Upton walked. C Pena homered to right, B Upton scored. D Young singled to left. B Harris flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2. BALTIMORE 2ND: K Millar struck out swinging. M Tejada popped out to shortstop. R Hernandez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2. TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes walked. J Wilson flied out to left. J Paul doubled to deep left, J Gomes to third. A Iwamura fouled out to shortstop. C Crawford singled to left center, J Gomes and J Paul scored. B Upton safe at third on throwing error by pitcher B Burres, C Crawford scored. C Pena struck out looking. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 5. BALTIMORE 3RD: A Huff singled to left. J Payton flied out to left. L Hernandez singled to left, A Huff to second. C Patterson singled to center, A Huff scored, L Hernandez to third, C Patterson out stretching at second. C Gomez struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 3RD: D Young grounded out to third. B Harris doubled to deep left center. J Gomes flied out to right. J Wilson flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 5. BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis flied out to left. K Millar walked. M Tejada struck out swinging. R Hernandez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 4TH: J Paul struck out swinging. A Iwamura singled to left. C Crawford doubled to left, A Iwamura to third. B Upton singled to left, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. K Birkins relieved B Burres. C Pena walked, B Upton to second. D Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crawford scored, C Pena out at second, B Upton to third. B Harris lined out to third. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 7. BALTIMORE 5TH: A Huff flied out to right. J Payton singled to right. L Hernandez struck out swinging. C Patterson grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 7. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Gomes popped out to second. J Wilson grounded out to third. J Paul grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 7. BALTIMORE 6TH: C Gomez doubled to left. N Markakis reached on infield single to second, C Gomez to third. K Millar flied out to right, C Gomez thrown out at home. M Tejada struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 7. TAMPA BAY 6TH: A Iwamura singled to center. C Crawford singled to center, A Iwamura to second. B Upton struck out looking. C Pena singled to right, A Iwamura to third, C Crawford to second. D Young doubled to left, A Iwamura and C Crawford scored, C Pena to third. P Shuey relieved K Birkins. B Harris struck out swinging. J Gomes popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. BALTIMORE 7TH: R Hernandez singled to right. A Huff walked, R Hernandez to second. J Payton popped out to first. L Hernandez struck out swinging. C Patterson grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Huff out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. TAMPA BAY 7TH: B Fahey in left field. J Payton in right field. J Wilson struck out swinging. J Paul popped out to second. A Iwamura flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. BALTIMORE 8TH: G Balfour relieved S Kazmir. C Gomez grounded out to second. B Fahey struck out looking. K Millar flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Parrish relieved P Shuey. C Crawford grounded out to shortstop. B Upton struck out swinging. C Pena popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 9. BALTIMORE 9TH: B Stokes relieved G Balfour. M Tejada grounded out to shortstop. R Hernandez walked. A Huff doubled to left, R Hernandez to third. J Payton grounded out to shortstop, R Hernandez scored. L Hernandez flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 9.</div>
Kazmir, Crawford help Devil Rays rout Orioles <h3>TAMPA BAY 9, BALTIMORE 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- For the Tampa Bay DevilRays, eight finally was enough. Scott Kazmir threw seven strong innings and Carl Crawford hadthree hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored three times asthe Devil Rays snapped an eight-game losing streak to theBaltimore Orioles with a 9-2 victory on Saturday. Carlos Pena added his team-leading 26th home run for the DevilRays, who had lost 10 of the previous 11 meetings between theclubs. "Early on, I thought the Orioles were beating us late a lot,"Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "We have not hit well againstthem. We have not matchup up well against them." Kazmir (8-7)allowed one run and scattered seven hits with two walks and ninestrikeouts. The 23-year-old, who won his third straight homestart, threw 74-of-110 pitches for strikes. "It seems like I'm not doing any overanalyzing," Kazmir said."I'm just going out there making pitches. You don't have toworry about your mechanics. It's a huge difference." Kazmir'shome struggles have come full circle. The lefthander was 0-4 inhis first 10 home starts this season but is 3-0 with a 0.69 ERAin his last four. "Everyone is working for Scott," catcher Josh Paul said. "He hadfocus all game long. It's good to see." Pena gave Kazmir a cushion with which to work by hitting atwo-run homer in the first inning, and Crawford plated two witha single in the second as Tampa Bay jumped to a 5-0 lead. Crawford, who turns 26 on Sunday, continued his torrid hitting.He has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games, batting .411(23-for-56) during that stretch. "Overall we got good at-bats today," Maddon said. "Our leftiesdon't mind lefties. (Pena's) home run in the first got usgoing." Tampa Bay got two more runs in the fourth on an RBI single byB.J. Upton and a groundout by Delmon Young. Young added atwo-run double in the sixth to make it 9-1. The Devil Rays reached Brian Burres (5-5) for seven runs - sixearned - and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Burres left with oneout in the fourth after allowing consecutive hits by AkinoriIwamura, Crawford and Upton. "It really was just that everything was flat," Burres said. "Itried to get through more pitches. I tried to get things going.The ball wasn't feeling right coming out of my hand." Iwamura, who was one of three Devil Rays with two hits, extendedhis hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. Corey Patterson had an RBI single in the fourth for Baltimore,which has lost four of six. "I don't like to see us give outs away and I don't like to seeus not make plays that we should make," Baltimore manager DaveTrembley said. "The whole thing starts with pitching for us andI think that is how the game is for everybody. It wasn't agood night for us."
Kazmir, Crawford help Devil Rays rout Orioles <h3>TAMPA BAY 9, BALTIMORE 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- For the Tampa Bay DevilRays, eight finally was enough. Scott Kazmir threw seven strong innings and Carl Crawford hadthree hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored three times asthe Devil Rays snapped an eight-game losing streak to theBaltimore Orioles with a 9-2 victory on Saturday. Carlos Pena added his team-leading 26th home run for the DevilRays, who had lost 10 of the previous 11 meetings between theclubs. "Early on, I thought the Orioles were beating us late a lot,"Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "We have not hit well againstthem. We have not matched up well against them." Kazmir (8-7) allowed one run and scattered seven hits with twowalks and nine strikeouts. The 23-year-old, who won his thirdstraight home start, threw 74-of-110 pitches for strikes. "It seems like I'm not doing any over-analyzing," Kazmir said."I'm just going out there making pitches. You don't have toworry about your mechanics. It's a huge difference." Kazmir's home struggles have come full circle. The lefthanderwas 0-4 in his first 10 home starts this season but is 3-0 witha 0.69 ERA in his last four. "Everyone is working for Scott," catcher Josh Paul said. "He hadfocus all game long. It's good to see." Pena gave Kazmir a cushion with which to work by hitting atwo-run homer in the first inning, and Crawford plated two witha single in the second as Tampa Bay jumped to a 5-0 lead. Crawford, who turns 26 on Sunday, continued his torrid hitting.He has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games, batting .411(23-for-56) during that stretch. "Overall we got good at-bats today," Maddon said. "Our leftiesdon't mind lefties. (Pena's) home run in the first got usgoing." Tampa Bay got two more runs in the fourth on an RBI single byB.J. Upton and a groundout by Delmon Young. Young added atwo-run double in the sixth to make it 9-1. The Devil Rays reached Brian Burres (5-5) for seven runs - sixearned - and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Burres left with oneout in the fourth after allowing consecutive hits by AkinoriIwamura, Crawford and Upton. "It really was just that everything was flat," Burres said. "Itried to get through more pitches. I tried to get things going.The ball wasn't feeling right coming out of my hand." Iwamura, who was one of three Devil Rays with two hits, extendedhis hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. Corey Patterson had an RBI single in the fourth for Baltimore,which has lost four of six. "I don't like to see us give outs away and I don't like to seeus not make plays that we should make," Baltimore manager DaveTrembley said. "The whole thing starts with pitching for us andI think that is how the game is for everybody. It wasn't agood night for us."
