GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (38-62) at BALTIMORE (46-53)

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

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TAMPA BAY (7) AT BALTIMORE (10) - EVENT LOG
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(RESENDING -- CORRECTING TAMPA BAY SECOND)

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Upton CF, C Pena 1B,
D Young RF, T Wigginton 2B, J Gomes DH, D Navarro C, J Wilson SS, E Jackson RHP.

Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, N Markakis RF,
K Millar 1B, A Huff DH, C Gomez 3B, J Gibbons LF, P Bako C, B Fahey SS,
S Trachsel RHP.

Umpires -- James Hoye (HP), Adam Dowdy (1B), Phil Cuzzi (2B), Tom Hallion (3B).


Gametime Weather: 92 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 8 mph.


TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura fouled out to first. C Crawford struck out
looking. B Upton grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 0, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts walked. B Roberts caught stealing second, pitcher
to first to shortstop to pitcher. C Patterson struck out swinging. N Markakis
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, BALTIMORE 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: C Pena homered to center. D Young fouled out to right.
T Wigginton flied out to center. J Gomes lined out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 2ND: K Millar doubled to left. A Huff grounded out to pitcher,
K Millar to third. C Gomez hit sacrifice fly to right, K Millar scored.
J Gibbons grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
BALTIMORE 1.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: D Navarro walked. J Wilson flied out to center. A Iwamura
lined out to right. C Crawford doubled to deep center, D Navarro scored.
C Crawford stole third. B Upton walked. C Pena flied out to center. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, BALTIMORE 1.

BALTIMORE 3RD: P Bako doubled to deep left center. B Fahey reached on
infield single to shortstop, P Bako to third. B Roberts walked, B Fahey to
second. C Patterson flied out to left. N Markakis singled to center, P Bako
and B Fahey scored, B Roberts to third, N Markakis to second on throwing error
by center fielder B Upton. K Millar hit a ground rule double to deep left,
B Roberts and N Markakis scored. A Huff grounded out to shortstop. C Gomez
singled to shallow center, K Millar scored, C Gomez to second advancing on
throw. J Gibbons grounded out to first. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error)
TAMPA BAY 2, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young struck out swinging. T Wigginton homered to left
center. J Gomes struck out swinging. D Navarro popped out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 4TH: P Bako grounded out to second. B Fahey tripled to deep
center. B Roberts walked. S Dohmann relieved E Jackson. B Roberts stole
second. C Patterson struck out swinging. N Markakis struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Wilson grounded out to shortstop. A Iwamura singled to
right. C Crawford singled to center, A Iwamura to third. C Crawford caught
stealing second, catcher to second. B Upton singled to left, A Iwamura scored.
B Upton to second on wild pitch by S Trachsel. C Pena walked. D Young singled
to center, B Upton scored, C Pena to third. R Bell relieved S Trachsel.
T Wigginton grounded into fielder's choice to third, D Young out at second.
(2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 5TH: K Millar flied out to right. A Huff grounded out to first.
C Gomez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5,
BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: J Gomes grounded out to second. D Navarro lined out to
left. J Wilson flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5,
BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 6TH: J Salas relieved S Dohmann. J Gibbons flied out to left.
P Bako struck out looking. B Fahey walked. B Roberts grounded into fielder's
choice to second, B Fahey out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Walker relieved R Bell. A Iwamura flied out to left.
C Crawford flied out to left. B Upton singled to left. C Pena struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 7TH: G Glover relieved J Salas. C Patterson popped out to
shortstop. G Norton in right field. D Young in center field. N Markakis
singled to center. K Millar struck out swinging. N Markakis caught stealing
second, catcher to shortstop.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Payton in left field. P Shuey relieved J Walker. D Young
walked. T Wigginton grounded into double play, third to second to first,
D Young out at second. J Gomes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 8TH: Al Reyes relieved G Glover. A Huff singled to right.
L Hernandez ran for A Huff. C Gomez singled to shallow right, L Hernandez to
third. J Payton hit sacrifice fly to left, L Hernandez scored. P Bako struck
out swinging. B Fahey singled to center, C Gomez to second. B Roberts homered
to right, C Gomez and B Fahey scored. C Patterson flied out to left. (4 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, BALTIMORE 10.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: C Doyne relieved P Shuey. B Harris hit for D Navarro.
B Harris walked. R Casanova hit for J Wilson. B Harris to second on fielder's
indifference. R Casanova reached on infield single to second, B Harris to
third. A Iwamura hit sacrifice fly to center, B Harris scored. C Crawford
lined out to left. R Casanova to second on fielder's indifference. G Norton
singled to right center, R Casanova scored. G Norton to second on fielder's
indifference. C Pena flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 7, BALTIMORE 10.</div>

 

Millar helps Orioles top Devil Rays

<h3>BALTIMORE 10, TAMPA BAY 7</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Kevin Millar had two hits and drove intwo runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-7 victory overthe Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the finale of a three-game series onThursday afternoon.


Brian Roberts hit a three-run home run for the Orioles, whoscored five runs in the third inning.


Millar likes what he is seeing from the Orioles as of late.

"I think this team is playing as good as we have all year long,"Millar said.


Baltimore starter Steve Trachsel struggled, yielding five runsand seven hits, while walking and striking out three, in 4 2/3innings.


"It wasn't a problem throwing strikes, it just that the strikeswere up in the zone and in good locations to hit," Trachselsaid.


Rob Bell (3-1) picked up the win, hurling 1 1/3 scorelessinnings without walking or striking out a batter. Jamie Walkerpitched the seventh, Paul Shuey the eighth, setting up rookieCory Doyne in the ninth.


Doyne, who was recalled Wednesday after closer Chris Ray wasplaced on the disabled list, allowed two runs, two hits and awalk in the final frame before working out of trouble.

Trailing, 2-1, in the third inning, the Orioles sent nine men tothe plate. With one out and the bases loaded, Nick Markakisdrove in Paul Bako and Brandon Fahey with a single up the middleoff Devil Rays starter Edwin Jackson (2-10).


Millar followed with a ground-rule double to left field thatbrought home Brian Roberts and Markakis to make it 5-2. After agroundout by Aubrey Huff, Chris Gomez drove in Millar with atwo-out single to center.


"We're doing a great job of just finding a way to win, whetherit's pitching, defense, outslugging the other team," Millarsaid. "That's big."


The Devil Rays cut the deficit to 6-3 with a run in the fourthon Ty Wigginton's solo home run. One inning later, B.J. Uptonand Delmon Young hit RBI singles to close within a run.

Upton left the game in the seventh with an apparent leg injury.He limped off the field moments after chasing down a shallow popfly.


Baltimore opened up its lead in the eighth, tacking on fourruns, capped by Roberts' three-run blast to right field. Theinsurance proved to be crucial after Tampa Bay added two runs inthe ninth.


"Right now, everybody is having a good time," said Roberts, whoalso walked three times. "We're playing hard. We're havingfun, and that's the key over a long season, try to get in thatphase and let it ride as long as you can."


Jackson surrendered six runs and seven hits with three walks andtwo strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.


"We finally got some hitting today, and we didn't pitch aswell," Maddon said. "We can't let that happen."


Carlos Pena hit his 24th homer of the season in the secondinning for Tampa Bay, which lost its sixth in a row and ninthstraight at Camden Yards.