AL: BALTIMORE at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (2) AT TAMPA BAY (17) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- F Bynum 2B, C Patterson CF, N Markakis RF, M Tejada SS, A Huff 1B, M Mora DH, S Moore 3B, J Payton LF, P Bako C, R Liz RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton CF, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes DH, D Navarro C, J Wilson SS, A Sonnanstine RHP. Umpires -- Chad Fairchild (HP), Rob Drake (1B), Brian Gorman (2B), Paul Nauert (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. BALTIMORE 1ST: F Bynum singled to right. C Patterson reached on bunt single to pitcher, F Bynum to second. N Markakis struck out looking. M Tejada grounded into double play, shortstop to first, C Patterson out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura reached on infield single to first. C Crawford flied out to center. C Pena walked, A Iwamura to second. B Upton doubled to deep left, A Iwamura scored, C Pena to third. D Young grounded out to shortstop, C Pena scored, B Upton to third. B Harris struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2. BALTIMORE 2ND: A Huff grounded out to third. M Mora struck out swinging. S Moore struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2. TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes popped out to shortstop. D Navarro singled to right. J Wilson singled to left, D Navarro to second. A Iwamura singled to center, D Navarro scored, J Wilson to second. C Crawford singled to right, J Wilson to third, A Iwamura to second. C Pena hit sacrifice fly to right, J Wilson scored, A Iwamura to third. C Crawford stole second. B Upton walked. R Bell relieved R Liz. D Young popped out to second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 4. BALTIMORE 3RD: J Payton grounded out to third. P Bako singled to right. F Bynum grounded out to shortstop, P Bako to second. C Patterson grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 4. TAMPA BAY 3RD: B Harris doubled to left. B Harris to third on wild pitch by R Bell. J Gomes grounded out to catcher. D Navarro singled to center, B Harris scored. J Wilson singled to center, D Navarro to second. A Iwamura grounded out to pitcher, D Navarro to third, J Wilson to second. C Crawford grounded out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 5. BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis lined out to second. M Tejada singled to center. A Huff reached on infield single to catcher, M Tejada to second. M Mora singled to center, M Tejada to third, A Huff to second. S Moore grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Mora out at second.(0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena walked. B Upton reached on infield single to shortstop, C Pena to second. D Young homered to left, C Pena and B Upton scored. B Harris homered to center. J Gomes singled to left. F Cabrera relieved R Bell. J Gomes to second on passed ball by P Bako. D Navarro walked. J Wilson struck out swinging. A Iwamura flied out to center. C Crawford singled to left, J Gomes to third, D Navarro to second. C Pena homered to right, J Gomes, D Navarro and C Crawford scored. B Upton struck out looking. (8 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 13. BALTIMORE 5TH: J Payton singled to right. P Bako struck out looking. Baltimore's P Bako ejected by C Fairchild. F Bynum doubled to right, J Payton to third. T Redman hit for C Patterson. T Redman doubled to deep right, J Payton and F Bynum scored. B Fahey hit for N Markakis. B Fahey struck out swinging. L Hernandez hit for M Tejada. L Hernandez popped out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 13. TAMPA BAY 5TH: T Redman in center field. B Fahey in left field. L Hernandez at shortstop. J Payton in right field. G Molina catching. D Young popped out to second. B Harris flied out to left. J Gomes singled to left. J Gomes to second on wild pitch by F Cabrera. D Navarro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 13. BALTIMORE 6TH: A Huff grounded out to pitcher. M Mora struck out looking. S Moore grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 13. TAMPA BAY 6TH: B Burres relieved F Cabrera. J Wilson doubled to deep center. J Guzman hit for A Iwamura. J Guzman struck out swinging. C Crawford doubled to deep left center, J Wilson scored. C Pena homered to right, C Crawford scored. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young flied out to center. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 16. BALTIMORE 7TH: J Guzman at third base. G Balfour relieved A Sonnanstine. J Payton grounded out to pitcher. G Molina struck out swinging. F Bynum struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 16. TAMPA BAY 7TH: B Harris struck out swinging. J Gomes homered to left center. D Navarro grounded out to first. J Wilson singled to left. J Guzman safe at first on error by shortstop L Hernandez, J Wilson to second. C Crawford grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 17. BALTIMORE 8TH: J Switzer relieved G Balfour. T Redman flied out to left. B Fahey flied out to left. L Hernandez lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 17. TAMPA BAY 8TH: C Pena flied out to left. B Upton walked. D Young flied out to right. B Harris singled to left, B Upton to second. J Gomes grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 17. BALTIMORE 9TH: J Salas relieved J Switzer. A Huff fouled out to catcher. J House hit for M Mora. J House grounded out to first. S Moore grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, TAMPA BAY 17.</div>
Pena propels Devil Rays in rout of Orioles <h3>TAMPA BAY 17, BALTIMORE 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Raysbounced back against the Baltimore Orioles in a big way. Carlos Pena hit two of the Devil Rays' five home runs andfinished with a career-high seven RBI in the Devil Rays' 17-2rout of the Orioles on Wednesday. The 17 runs were a franchise-best in a home game for Tampa Bay,which dropped an 8-4 decision on Tuesday to Baltimore. "Everybody's kind of perky," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said."We're having better at-bats. It was pretty much a completegame for us. We believe we can beat anyone on a nightly basisright now." In addition, the Devil Rays amassed a season-high 22 hits and 40total bases. The 15-run margin of victory was also a teamrecord. "As a team, we've been swinging the bats very well," Pena said."We're having fun right now." Pena hit his fifth career grand slam in the fifth and added atwo-run homer in the sixth against the Orioles. Pena has 37home runs and 105 RBI this season. "I've been doing a pretty good job of trying to keep thingssimple," Pena said. "The less you think, the better you hit.Less is more." Maddon thinks Pena is vastly underrated. "He'd be in the running for MVP right now if he was in adifferent city," Maddon said. Brendan Harris, Delmon Young and Jonny Gomes also hit home runsfor the Devil Rays, who have won 10 of their last 13 games. It was Harris' first home run in 263 at-bats. "I've had some droughts before, but nothing like that," Harrissaid. Every Tampa Bay starter collected at least two hits, exceptYoung, who was 1-for-6 with four RBI. Tampa Bay scored in each of the first four innings, breaking itopen with an eight-run outburst in the fourth. The Devil Raysscored in every inning but the fifth and eighth. "We're trying to do the best we can, it's just not working,"Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. "We're having troublestaying away from the big inning." Andy Sonnanstine (5-9) benefited from Tampa Bay's outburst. Hesurrendered only two earned runs in six innings in winning histhird consecutive game. "Putting up 17 runs in impressive," Sonnanstine said. "CarlosPena, I've never seen a guy swing like this." Rookie Radhames Liz (0-2) lasted only 1 2/3 innings, allowingsix hits and four earned runs. Former Devil Ray Rob Bell didn'tfare much better in relief, allowing six earned runs and sevenhits in 1 1/3 innings. "The change up wasn't very good tonight," Liz said. "It was allabout control today. As soon as I get control of my pitches, Ican have a good start." Josh Wilson had four hits and Carl Crawford and Gomes had threehits apiece for Tampa Bay.
