AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Witasick relieved S Dohmann. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 8 TAMPA BAY 4 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C Patterson (.269, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 15 0 TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 8 0 (BOT 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: BAL - JON LEICESTER TAM - JAY WITASICK DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.313, 1-FOR-3, HBP) C PENA (.275, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB, HBP) B UPTON (.313, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (8) VS TAMPA BAY (4) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .298 C Patterson cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .268 M Tejada ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .306 F Bynum pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 L Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 K Millar 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .262 N Markakis rf 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 .296 M Mora 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 .265 A Huff dh 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .274 R Hernandez c 4 0 2 3 0 1 1 .245 J Payton lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255 Totals 40 8 15 8 1 5 13 BATTING: 2B - M Tejada (18, S Kazmir); R Hernandez 2 (15, S Kazmir, S Dohmann); K Millar (22, J Witasick). HR - C Patterson (8, 1st inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 1 Out), A Huff (15, 7th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Patterson (45), N Markakis (90), A Huff 2 (65), M Mora (49), R Hernandez 3 (55). 2-out RBI - N Markakis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Roberts 2, C Patterson 1, N Markakis 1. GIDP - M Mora. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - N Markakis (6, 2nd base by S Kazmir/J Paul). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .286 C Crawford lf 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 .313 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .275 B Upton cf 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 .313 D Young rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .295 B Harris 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .284 G Norton dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .219 J Wilson ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .268 J Paul c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .198 a-D Navarro ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .218 Totals 30 4 8 4 5 6 17 a-struck out looking for J Paul in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - B Harris (32, J Guthrie); C Crawford (35, J Guthrie); J Paul (3, J Guthrie). RBI - J Wilson (22), B Upton 2 (72), D Young (75). 2-out RBI - J Wilson, B Upton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Harris 1, D Young 1, A Iwamura 2. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - B Upton (16, 2nd base off C Bradford/R Hernandez). CS - A Iwamura (8, 3rd base by J Guthrie/R Hernandez). Picked Off - B Upton (1st base, J Guthrie). FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Pena-J Wilson-C Pena). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 200 000 240 -- 8 TAMPA BAY - 010 020 10 -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era J Guthrie 6 8 3 3 4 5 0 3.65 J Walker 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.00 C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 J Leicester 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12.60 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era S Kazmir 7 9 4 4 1 5 2 3.79 D Wheeler 1/3 4 4 4 0 0 0 6.60 S Dohmann 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 J Witasick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.93 J Walker pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP - J Guthrie, S Kazmir. IBB - C Pena (by J Guthrie). HBP - C Crawford (by J Walker); C Pena (by J Walker). Pitches-strikes: J Guthrie 100-64; J Walker 8-3; C Bradford 15-13; J Leicester 21-11; S Kazmir 103-75; D Wheeler 13-10; S Dohmann 7-6; J Witasick 15-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Guthrie 4-7; J Walker 0-0; C Bradford 2-1; J Leicester 1-1; S Kazmir 6-9; D Wheeler 0-1; S Dohmann 1-1; J Witasick 3-0. Batters faced: J Guthrie 28; J Walker 2; C Bradford 3; J Leicester 4; S Kazmir 29; D Wheeler 5; S Dohmann 3; J Witasick 4. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Nauert. 1B--Chad Fairchild. 2B--Rob Drake. 3B--Brian Gorman. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - PITCHING CHANGE BAL: DANYS BAEZ (0-5, 6.46) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4 DUE UP FOR TAMPABAY: C CRAWFORD (.313, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: D Baez relieved J Leicester. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 8 TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 9TH DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C Crawford (.313, 1-FOR-3)</div>
Huff leads Orioles past Devil Rays <h3>BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Former Tampa Bay Devil RayAubrey Huff continued to bedevil his old club and in the processmomentarily stopped Baltimore's slide. Huff had three hits, including a two-run home run, Nick Markakishad four hits and Ramon Hernandez added a key three-run doubleas the Orioles posted an 8-4 victory over Tampa Bay on Tuesdaynight. The win was only the second in Baltimore's past 14 contests andalso was only Tampa Bay's third loss in its last 12 games. Huff has hit seven of his 15 homers this season and is batting.373 (22-for-59) against Tampa Bay. Huff's home run in theseventh gave Baltimore a 4-3 lead. After Tampa Bay pulled even in the bottom of the inning, MelvinMora's RBI single off reliever Dan Wheeler put Baltimore back ontop 5-4. Two batters later, Hernandez's double cleared thebases. Markakis, who went 4-for-4, had the sixth four-hit game of hiscareer. Wheeler (0-3) retired only one batter in the eighth, allowingfour runs. Starter Scott Kazmir, who was 6-2 in his last eightstarts, allowed nine hits and four runs with one walk and fivestrike outs. Baltimore's Jeremy Guthrie scattered eight hits and allowedthree runs in six innings, but remained winless since July 27 -a span of seven starts. Jamie Walker relieved Guthrie to start the seventh and hit TampaBay's first two hitters - Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena. ChadBradford (3-6) replaced Walker and retired the first three DevilRays, but allowed Delmon Young's tying RBI groundout. Baltimore took a 2-0 lead in the first. With one out, CoreyPatterson hit his eighth home run of the year. Miguel Tejadafollowed with a double and scored on Markakis' RBI single. Tampa Bay cut the margin to 2-1 in the second. Josh Wilson's RBIscored Brendan Harris, who had doubled. The Devil Rays took a 3-2 lead in the fifth on B.J. Upton'stwo-run single. However, Huff's home run put the Orioles back ontop in the seventh.
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 15 0 TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, JAMIE WALKER (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (7TH), JON LEICESTER (8TH), DANYS BAEZ (9TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, DAN WHEELER (8TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (8TH), JAY WITASICK (9TH) AND JOSH PAUL, DIONER NAVARRO (9TH) HOME RUNS: BAL - COREY PATTERSON (8) OFF SCOTT KAZMIR IN THE 1ST, 0 ON AUBREY HUFF (15) OFF SCOTT KAZMIR IN THE 7TH, 1 ON TAM - NONE</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 15 0 TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, JAMIE WALKER (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (7TH), JON LEICESTER (8TH), DANYS BAEZ (9TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, DAN WHEELER (8TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (8TH), JAY WITASICK (9TH) AND JOSH PAUL, DIONER NAVARRO (9TH) WP - CHAD BRADFORD (3-6) LP - DAN WHEELER (0-3) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: BAL - COREY PATTERSON (8) OFF SCOTT KAZMIR IN THE 1ST, 0 ON AUBREY HUFF (15) OFF SCOTT KAZMIR IN THE 7TH, 1 ON TAM - NONE TIME: 3:03 ATT: 9,112 PROBABLES: BAL - RADHAMES LIZ (0-1, 7.00) TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (4-9, 5.88)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (8) VS TAMPA BAY (4) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .298 B Fahey 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 C Patterson cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .268 M Tejada ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .306 F Bynum pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 L Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 K Millar 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .262 N Markakis rf 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 .296 M Mora 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 .265 A Huff dh 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .274 R Hernandez c 4 0 2 3 0 1 1 .245 J Payton lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255 Totals 40 8 15 8 1 5 13 BATTING: 2B - M Tejada (18, S Kazmir); R Hernandez 2 (15, S Kazmir, S Dohmann); K Millar (22, J Witasick). HR - C Patterson (8, 1st inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 1 Out), A Huff (15, 7th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Patterson (45), N Markakis (90), A Huff 2 (65), M Mora (49), R Hernandez 3 (55). 2-out RBI - N Markakis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Roberts 2, C Patterson 1, N Markakis 1. GIDP - M Mora. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - N Markakis (6, 2nd base by S Kazmir/J Paul). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .286 C Crawford lf 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .312 C Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .275 B Upton cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .312 D Young rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .295 B Harris 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .284 G Norton dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .219 J Wilson ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .268 J Paul c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .198 a-D Navarro ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .218 Totals 33 4 8 4 5 8 17 a-struck out looking for J Paul in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - B Harris (32, J Guthrie); C Crawford (35, J Guthrie); J Paul (3, J Guthrie). RBI - J Wilson (22), B Upton 2 (72), D Young (75). 2-out RBI - J Wilson, B Upton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Harris 1, D Young 1, A Iwamura 2. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - B Upton (16, 2nd base off C Bradford/R Hernandez). CS - A Iwamura (8, 3rd base by J Guthrie/R Hernandez). Picked Off - B Upton (1st base, J Guthrie). FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Pena-J Wilson-C Pena). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 200 000 240 -- 8 TAMPA BAY - 010 020 100 -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era J Guthrie 6 8 3 3 4 5 0 3.65 J Walker (H, 22) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.00 C Bradford (W, 3-6; B, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 J Leicester 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12.60 D Baez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.32 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era S Kazmir 7 9 4 4 1 5 2 3.79 D Wheeler (L, 0-3) 1/3 4 4 4 0 0 0 6.60 S Dohmann 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 J Witasick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.93 J Walker pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP - J Guthrie, S Kazmir. IBB - C Pena (by J Guthrie). HBP - C Crawford (by J Walker); C Pena (by J Walker). Pitches-strikes: J Guthrie 100-64; J Walker 8-3; C Bradford 15-13; J Leicester 21-11; D Baez 12-8; S Kazmir 103-75; D Wheeler 13-10; S Dohmann 7-6; J Witasick 15-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Guthrie 4-7; J Walker 0-0; C Bradford 2-1; J Leicester 1-1; D Baez 1-0; S Kazmir 6-9; D Wheeler 0-1; S Dohmann 1-1; J Witasick 3-0. Batters faced: J Guthrie 28; J Walker 2; C Bradford 3; J Leicester 4; D Baez 3; S Kazmir 29; D Wheeler 5; S Dohmann 3; J Witasick 4. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Nauert. 1B--Chad Fairchild. 2B--Rob Drake. 3B--Brian Gorman. T--3:03. Att--9,112. Weather: INDOORS</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (8) AT TAMPA BAY (4) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts flied out to center. C Patterson homered to right. M Tejada doubled to deep left. K Millar struck out swinging. N Markakis singled to shallow center, M Tejada scored. M Mora flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris doubled to deep left center. G Norton struck out looking. J Wilson singled to right, B Harris scored. J Paul flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Wilson grounded out to third. J Paul struck out swinging. A Iwamura walked. C Crawford doubled to deep center, A Iwamura to third. C Pena intentionally walked. B Upton singled to center, A Iwamura and C Crawford scored, C Pena to third. D Young grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 3. BALTIMORE 7TH: N Markakis singled to center. N Markakis caught stealing second, catcher to second. M Mora walked. A Huff homered to right center, M Mora scored. R Hernandez doubled to deep center. J Payton singled to center, R Hernandez to third. B Roberts struck out swinging. C Patterson grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, TAMPA BAY 3. TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Walker relieved J Guthrie. C Crawford hit by pitch. C Pena hit by pitch, C Crawford to second. C Bradford relieved J Walker. B Upton grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Pena out at second, C Crawford to third. B Upton stole second. D Young grounded out to shortstop, C Crawford scored. B Harris fouled out to first. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, TAMPA BAY 4. BALTIMORE 8TH: D Wheeler relieved S Kazmir. M Tejada singled to right center. F Bynum ran for M Tejada. K Millar flied out to center. N Markakis singled to right, F Bynum to second. M Mora singled to left, F Bynum scored, N Markakis to second. A Huff singled to right, N Markakis to third, M Mora to second. S Dohmann relieved D Wheeler. R Hernandez doubled to deep left, N Markakis, M Mora and A Huff scored. J Payton grounded out to shortstop, R Hernandez to third. B Roberts flied out to left. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (8) AT TAMPA BAY (4) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, M Tejada SS, K Millar 1B, N Markakis RF, M Mora 3B, A Huff DH, R Hernandez C, J Payton LF, J Guthrie RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton CF, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, G Norton DH, J Wilson SS, J Paul C, S Kazmir LHP. Umpires -- Paul Nauert (HP), Chad Fairchild (1B), Rob Drake (2B), Brian Gorman (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts flied out to center. C Patterson homered to right. M Tejada doubled to deep left. K Millar struck out swinging. N Markakis singled to shallow center, M Tejada scored. M Mora flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura singled to center. C Crawford lined out to right. A Iwamura to second on wild pitch by J Guthrie. C Pena walked, A Iwamura caught stealing third, catcher to third. B Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 0. BALTIMORE 2ND: A Huff singled to left center. R Hernandez struck out looking. A Huff to second on wild pitch by S Kazmir. J Payton fouled out to catcher. B Roberts struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris doubled to deep left center. G Norton struck out looking. J Wilson singled to right, B Harris scored. J Paul flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. BALTIMORE 3RD: C Patterson fouled out to third. M Tejada grounded out to shortstop. K Millar grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Iwamura lined out to shortstop. C Crawford lined out to first. C Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis singled to left. M Mora grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, N Markakis out at second. A Huff grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 4TH: B Upton singled to center. B Upton picked off first. D Young grounded out to second. B Harris walked. G Norton flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. BALTIMORE 5TH: R Hernandez flied out to left. J Payton struck out swinging. B Roberts flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Wilson grounded out to third. J Paul struck out swinging. A Iwamura walked. C Crawford doubled to deep center, A Iwamura to third. C Pena intentionally walked. B Upton singled to center, A Iwamura and C Crawford scored, C Pena to third. D Young grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 3. BALTIMORE 6TH: C Patterson flied out to right. M Tejada flied out to center. K Millar popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TAMPA BAY 6TH: B Harris lined out to third. G Norton singled to left. J Wilson flied out to left. J Paul doubled to deep left, G Norton to third. A Iwamura struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 3. BALTIMORE 7TH: N Markakis singled to center. N Markakis caught stealing second, catcher to second. M Mora walked. A Huff homered to right center, M Mora scored. R Hernandez doubled to deep center. J Payton singled to center, R Hernandez to third. B Roberts struck out swinging. C Patterson grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, TAMPA BAY 3. TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Walker relieved J Guthrie. C Crawford hit by pitch. C Pena hit by pitch, C Crawford to second. C Bradford relieved J Walker. B Upton grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Pena out at second, C Crawford to third. B Upton stole second. D Young grounded out to shortstop, C Crawford scored. B Harris fouled out to first. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, TAMPA BAY 4. BALTIMORE 8TH: D Wheeler relieved S Kazmir. M Tejada singled to right center. F Bynum ran for M Tejada. K Millar flied out to center. N Markakis singled to right, F Bynum to second. M Mora singled to left, F Bynum scored, N Markakis to second. A Huff singled to right, N Markakis to third, M Mora to second. S Dohmann relieved D Wheeler. R Hernandez doubled to deep left, N Markakis, M Mora and A Huff scored. J Payton grounded out to shortstop, R Hernandez to third. B Roberts flied out to left. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4. TAMPA BAY 8TH: L Hernandez at shortstop. J Leicester relieved C Bradford. G Norton walked. J Wilson flied out to center. D Navarro hit for J Paul. D Navarro struck out looking. A Iwamura grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4. BALTIMORE 9TH: D Navarro catching. J Witasick relieved S Dohmann. C Patterson grounded out to second. L Hernandez grounded out to second. K Millar doubled to left. N Markakis grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4. TAMPA BAY 9TH: D Baez relieved J Leicester. B Fahey at second base. C Crawford struck out swinging. C Pena struck out looking. B Upton grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4.</div>
Huff leads Orioles past Devil Rays <h3>BALTIMORE 8, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Former Tampa Bay Devil RayAubrey Huff continued to bedevil his old club and in the processmomentarily stopped the Baltimore Orioles' slide. Huff had three hits, including a two-run home run, Nick Markakishad four hits and Ramon Hernandez added a key three-run doubleas the Orioles posted an 8-4 victory over the Devil Rays onTuesday night. The win was only the second in Baltimore's past 14 contests andalso was only Tampa Bay's third loss in its last 12 games. "Huff is killing us," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "He'shit the ball very well against us. Right now you can see thathe's locked in. He's not taking bad swings. He looks like he'sgoing to hit every ball hard when he swings at it." Huff has hit seven of his 15 homers this season and is batting.373 (22-for-59) against Tampa Bay. Huff's home run in theseventh gave Baltimore a 4-3 lead. "He has hit well here because he uses the other side of thefield," Baltimore manager Dave Trembley said. After Tampa Bay pulled even in the bottom of the inning, MelvinMora's RBI single off reliever Dan Wheeler put Baltimore back ontop 5-4. Two batters later, Hernandez's double cleared thebases. Markakis, who went 4-for-5, had the sixth four-hit game of hiscareer. Wheeler (0-3) retired only one batter in the eighth, allowingfour runs. Starter Scott Kazmir, who was 6-2 in his last eight starts,allowed nine hits and four runs with one walk and five strikeouts. "There's a couple of pitches I really wish I had back," Kazmirsaid. "I felt good out there. You can always second guessyourself after the game." Baltimore's Jeremy Guthrie scattered eight hits and allowedthree runs in six innings, but remained winless since July 27 -a span of seven starts. "It's great we came out with the win," Guthrie said. "We beat agood pitcher and a team that's hot. It' is important to have awinning record the last month and finish strong." Jamie Walker relieved Guthrie to start the seventh and hit TampaBay's first two hitters - Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena. ChadBradford (3-6) replaced Walker and retired the first three DevilRays, but allowed Delmon Young's tying RBI groundout. Baltimore took a 2-0 lead in the first. With one out, CoreyPatterson hit his eighth home run of the year. Miguel Tejadafollowed with a double and scored on Markakis' RBI single. Tampa Bay cut the margin to 2-1 in the second. Josh Wilson's RBIscored Brendan Harris, who had doubled. The Devil Rays took a 3-2 lead in the fifth on B.J. Upton'stwo-run single. However, Huff's home run put the Orioles back ontop in the seventh. "I felt like I was making some pretty good pitches," Wheelersaid. "It's kind of frustrating because I felt I had beenthrowing the ball good. I felt I was fine. I felt like I wasmaking pitches. That just happens in baseball."
