GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (51-80) at BALTIMORE (58-71)

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - PITCHING CHANGE
TAM: AL REYES (1-2, 4.53) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C PATTERSON (.275, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: Al Reyes relieved J Switzer.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 15
BALTIMORE 8 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C Patterson (.275, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL TAMPA BAY AT BALTIMORE
NOTE: THE HOME RUNS BY BALTIMORE'S MIGUEL TEJADA AND KEVIN
MILLAR IN THE EIGHTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 1 15 15 0
BALTIMORE 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 8 13 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, SCOTT DOHMANN (7TH), GARY GLOVER (8TH), JUAN
SALAS (8TH), JON SWITZER (8TH), AL REYES (9TH) AND DIONER
NAVARRO

BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, JAMIE WALKER (7TH), JAMES HOEY
(8TH), BRIAN BURRES (8TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), KURT BIRKINS
(8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ

HOME RUNS: TAM - CARLOS PENA (31) OFF DANIEL CABRERA IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

BAL - NICK MARKAKIS (14) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 1ST, 1 ON
MIGUEL TEJADA (15) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
AUBREY HUFF (13) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
RAMON HERNANDEZ (6) OFF SCOTT DOHMANN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
MIGUEL TEJADA (16) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
KEVIN MILLAR (13) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 1 15 15 0
BALTIMORE 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 8 13 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, SCOTT DOHMANN (7TH), GARY GLOVER (8TH), JUAN
SALAS (8TH), JON SWITZER (8TH), AL REYES (9TH) AND DIONER
NAVARRO

BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, JAMIE WALKER (7TH), JAMES HOEY
(8TH), BRIAN BURRES (8TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), KURT BIRKINS
(8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ


WP - SCOTT DOHMANN (3-0)
LP - JAMES HOEY (1-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TAM - CARLOS PENA (31) OFF DANIEL CABRERA IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

BAL - NICK MARKAKIS (14) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 1ST, 1 ON
MIGUEL TEJADA (15) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
AUBREY HUFF (13) OFF JASON HAMMEL IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
RAMON HERNANDEZ (6) OFF SCOTT DOHMANN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
MIGUEL TEJADA (16) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
KEVIN MILLAR (13) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:35 ATT: 17,781

PROBABLES: TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (10-8, 4.09)
BAL - STEVE TRACHSEL (6-8, 4.61)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (15) VS BALTIMORE (8) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 3 2 0 1 2 0 .287
C Crawford lf 6 1 2 3 0 2 0 .312
C Pena 1b 5 2 2 3 1 2 1 .274
B Upton cf 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 .314
D Young rf 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 .291
B Harris 2b 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 .287
J Gomes dh 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 .257
D Navarro c 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 .205
J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
a-G Norton ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .216
J Guzman pr-ss 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250

Totals 42 15 15 15 7 13 11

a-singled to right for J Wilson in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Gomes (14, C Bradford); A Iwamura (15, K Birkins). 3B - A
Iwamura (8, D Cabrera). HR - C Pena (31, 5th inning off D Cabrera 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - C Crawford 3 (70), C Pena 3 (89), D Young (69), D Navarro 2 (32), G
Norton 2 (14), B Upton (65), B Harris (50), J Gomes 2 (40). 2-out RBI - C Pena,
D Young, J Gomes 2, D Navarro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Harris 1, J Wilson 1, D Young 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (42, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez), J
Gomes (7, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez), B Upton (14, 2nd base off D
Cabrera/R Hernandez).


BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .308
C Patterson cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 .274
N Markakis rf 5 1 2 3 0 1 1 .291
M Tejada ss 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .300
K Millar 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .262
A Huff dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .267
M Mora 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .266
R Hernandez c 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .238
F Bynum lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .276

Totals 39 8 13 8 1 7 10

BATTING: 3B - C Patterson (2, J Hammel). HR - N Markakis (14, 1st inning off J
Hammel 1 on, 1 Out), M Tejada 2 (16, 1st inning off J Hammel 0 on, 1 Out, 8th
inning off G Glover 0 on, 0 Out), A Huff (13, 6th inning off J Hammel 0 on, 2
Out), R Hernandez (6, 7th inning off S Dohmann 0 on, 0 Out), K Millar (13, 8th
inning off G Glover 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - N Markakis 3 (83), M Tejada 2 (67), A
Huff (61), R Hernandez (47), K Millar (55). 2-out RBI - A Huff. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - B Roberts 1. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - B Roberts 2 (39, 2nd base off J Hammel/D Navarro, 3rd base
off J Hammel/D Navarro). CS - B Roberts (7, 2nd base by S Dohmann).


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TAMPA BAY - 100 020 0111 -- 15
BALTIMORE - 301 001 120 -- 8
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hammel 6 6 5 5 1 3 3 7.44
S Dohmann (W, 3-0) 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 2.29
G Glover 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 2 5.54
J Salas 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.10
J Switzer 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11.57
Al Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.44

BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Cabrera 6 5 3 3 4 8 1 5.08
J Walker (H, 20) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.94
J Hoey (L, 1-3; B, 2) 1/3 3 5 5 2 1 0 12.10
B Burres 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 5.48
C Bradford 1/3 4 3 3 0 0 0 3.78
K Birkins 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 3 0 9.64

B Burres pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

WP - K Birkins. Pitches-strikes: J Hammel 106-69; S Dohmann 16-11; G Glover
18-10; J Salas 9-6; J Switzer 4-3; Al Reyes 12-10; D Cabrera 114-62; J Walker
10-7; J Hoey 21-8; B Burres 18-9; C Bradford 14-12; K Birkins 26-18. Ground
balls-fly balls: J Hammel 2-13; S Dohmann 0-1; G Glover 0-1; J Salas 1-0; J
Switzer 0-0; Al Reyes 0-1; D Cabrera 7-3; J Walker 1-1; J Hoey 0-0; B Burres
0-0; C Bradford 1-0; K Birkins 1-0. Batters faced: J Hammel 25; S Dohmann 5; G
Glover 4; J Salas 2; J Switzer 1; Al Reyes 3; D Cabrera 27; J Walker 3; J Hoey
6; B Burres 3; C Bradford 5; K Birkins 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Paul Schrieber.
3B--Fieldin Culbreth.

T--3:35. Att--17,781.
Weather: 89 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out to
left.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TAMPA BAY 15
BALTIMORE 8 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (15) AT BALTIMORE (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura tripled to deep center. C Crawford singled to
left, A Iwamura scored. C Pena flied out to left. C Crawford stole second.
B Upton grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, C Crawford out at third.
D Young walked, B Upton to second. B Harris grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts flied out to center. C Patterson tripled to deep
center. N Markakis homered to right, C Patterson scored. M Tejada homered to
left. K Millar struck out looking. A Huff lined out to center. (3 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts walked. B Roberts stole second. C Patterson flied
out to left. B Roberts stole third. N Markakis singled to left, B Roberts
scored. M Tejada flied out to left. K Millar grounded out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 4.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford struck out
swinging. C Pena homered to center. B Upton walked. B Upton stole second.
D Young singled to right, B Upton scored. B Harris popped out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 6TH: M Tejada fouled out to catcher. K Millar fouled out to
catcher. A Huff homered to right. M Mora flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 5.

BALTIMORE 7TH: S Dohmann relieved J Hammel. R Hernandez homered to left
center. F Bynum struck out swinging. B Roberts singled to center. B Roberts
caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first to second.
C Patterson singled to right center. N Markakis flied out to left. (1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Hoey relieved J Walker. B Upton singled to center. D Young
struck out swinging. B Harris singled to left, B Upton to second. J Gomes
walked, B Upton to third, B Harris to second. D Navarro walked, B Upton scored,
B Harris to third, J Gomes to second. G Norton hit for J Wilson. G Norton
singled to right, B Harris and J Gomes scored, D Navarro to second. B Burres
relieved J Hoey. A Iwamura walked, D Navarro to third, G Norton to second.
C Crawford singled to right, D Navarro scored, G Norton to third, A Iwamura
to second. J Guzman ran for G Norton. C Pena singled to right, J Guzman and
A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. C Bradford relieved B Burres. B Upton
singled to center, C Crawford scored, C Pena to second. D Young singled to
left, C Pena to third, B Upton to second. B Harris grounded into fielder's
choice to third, C Pena scored, B Upton out at third, D Young to second.
J Gomes doubled to left, D Young and B Harris scored. D Navarro singled to
right, J Gomes scored. K Birkins relieved C Bradford. J Guzman struck out
swinging. (11 Runs, 9 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 14, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 8TH: J Guzman at shortstop. G Glover relieved S Dohmann. M Tejada
homered to left. K Millar homered to left. A Huff lined out to right. M Mora
reached on infield single to shortstop. J Salas relieved G Glover. R Hernandez
singled to center, M Mora to second. F Bynum grounded into fielder's choice to
third, M Mora out at third, R Hernandez to second. J Switzer relieved J Salas.
B Roberts struck out looking. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 14,
BALTIMORE 8.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: A Iwamura doubled to right. A Iwamura to third on wild
pitch by K Birkins. C Crawford grounded out to pitcher, A Iwamura scored.
C Pena struck out looking. B Upton struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (15) AT BALTIMORE (8) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, J Hammel RHP.

Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, N Markakis RF,
M Tejada SS, K Millar 1B, A Huff DH, M Mora 3B, R Hernandez C, F Bynum LF,
D Cabrera RHP.

Umpires -- Marty Foster (HP), Tim Mcclelland (1B), Paul Schrieber (2B),
Fieldin Culbreth (3B).

Gametime Weather: 89 degrees, Cloudy, wind out to left at 4 mph.


TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura tripled to deep center. C Crawford singled to
left, A Iwamura scored. C Pena flied out to left. C Crawford stole second.
B Upton grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, C Crawford out at third.
D Young walked, B Upton to second. B Harris grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts flied out to center. C Patterson tripled to deep
center. N Markakis homered to right, C Patterson scored. M Tejada homered to
left. K Millar struck out looking. A Huff lined out to center. (3 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 3.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes grounded out to pitcher. D Navarro struck out
swinging. J Wilson grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 2ND: M Mora flied out to center. R Hernandez grounded out to
second. F Bynum struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
BALTIMORE 3.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford struck out
swinging. C Pena walked. B Upton singled to right, C Pena to second. D Young
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts walked. B Roberts stole second. C Patterson flied
out to left. B Roberts stole third. N Markakis singled to left, B Roberts
scored. M Tejada flied out to left. K Millar grounded out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 4.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: B Harris grounded out to third. J Gomes walked. J Gomes
stole second. D Navarro flied out to center. J Wilson grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 4TH: A Huff popped out to shortstop. M Mora singled to center.
R Hernandez flied out to right. F Bynum flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, BALTIMORE 4.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford struck out
swinging. C Pena homered to center. B Upton walked. B Upton stole second.
D Young singled to right, B Upton scored. B Harris popped out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 5TH: B Roberts flied out to left. C Patterson struck out
looking. N Markakis flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3,
BALTIMORE 4.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: J Gomes struck out looking. D Navarro grounded out to
first. J Wilson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3,
BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 6TH: M Tejada fouled out to catcher. K Millar fouled out to
catcher. A Huff homered to right. M Mora flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 5.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Walker relieved D Cabrera. A Iwamura grounded out to
second. C Crawford lined out to center. C Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 5.

BALTIMORE 7TH: S Dohmann relieved J Hammel. R Hernandez homered to left
center. F Bynum struck out swinging. B Roberts singled to center. B Roberts
caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first to second.
C Patterson singled to right center. N Markakis flied out to left. (1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, BALTIMORE 6.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Hoey relieved J Walker. B Upton singled to center. D Young
struck out swinging. B Harris singled to left, B Upton to second. J Gomes
walked, B Upton to third, B Harris to second. D Navarro walked, B Upton scored,
B Harris to third, J Gomes to second. G Norton hit for J Wilson. G Norton
singled to right, B Harris and J Gomes scored, D Navarro to second. B Burres
relieved J Hoey. A Iwamura walked, D Navarro to third, G Norton to second.
C Crawford singled to right, D Navarro scored, G Norton to third, A Iwamura to
second. J Guzman ran for G Norton. C Pena singled to right, J Guzman and
A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to third. C Bradford relieved B Burres. B Upton
singled to center, C Crawford scored, C Pena to second. D Young singled to left,
C Pena to third, B Upton to second. B Harris grounded into fielder's choice to
third, C Pena scored, B Upton out at third, D Young to second. J Gomes doubled
to left, D Young and B Harris scored. D Navarro singled to right, J Gomes scored.
K Birkins relieved C Bradford. J Guzman struck out swinging. (11 Runs, 9 Hits,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 14, BALTIMORE 6.

BALTIMORE 8TH: J Guzman at shortstop. G Glover relieved S Dohmann. M Tejada
homered to left. K Millar homered to left. A Huff lined out to right. M Mora
reached on infield single to shortstop. J Salas relieved G Glover. R Hernandez
singled to center, M Mora to second. F Bynum grounded into fielder's choice to
third, M Mora out at third, R Hernandez to second. J Switzer relieved J Salas.
B Roberts struck out looking. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 14,
BALTIMORE 8.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: A Iwamura doubled to right. A Iwamura to third on wild
pitch by K Birkins. C Crawford grounded out to pitcher, A Iwamura scored.
C Pena struck out looking. B Upton struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8.

BALTIMORE 9TH: Al Reyes relieved J Switzer. C Patterson struck out
swinging. N Markakis struck out looking. M Tejada popped out to second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8.</div>

 

11-run inning propels Devil Rays past Orioles

<h3>TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Less than one week after giving up arecord 30 runs to the Texas Rangers, the Baltimore Orioles letthe Tampa Bay Devil Rays tie a record of their own.

The Devil Rays tied a franchise high by scoring 11 runs in thetop of the eighth inning to come from behind and defeat thestruggling Orioles, 15-8, on Tuesday.


The 11 runs also tied an Orioles record set in 1962 for the mostruns surrendered in one inning at home.


Trailing, 6-3, in the top of the eighth, Tampa Bay loaded thebases with one out against Orioles reliever Jim Hoey. AfterDioner Navarro walked to cut the deficit to two runs, pinchhitter Greg Norton tied the game, 6-6, with a single to rightfield. Carl Crawford's RBI single to right gave the Devil Raysthe lead, and Carlos Pena and Jonny Gomes each had two-run hitsto add to Tampa Bay's outburst.


Pena hit his team-leading 31st home run, and he and Crawfordeach had three RBI for the Devil Rays, who won have now won fourof five.


Hoey (1-3) gave up five runs in one-third of an inning, as hesuffered his third straight loss in as many appearances asBaltimore dropped its seventh straight game.


Miguel Tejada hit two of the season-high six home runs for theOrioles, who have given up 85 runs during their skid.

After Crawford's RBI single gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the topof the first, Nick Markakis hit a two-run shot in the bottomhalf and Tejada followed with a solo shot to left to giveBaltimore a 3-1 lead.


Aubrey Huff homered to right in the sixth and Ramon Hernandezlaunched a shot to left in the seventh, which had given theOrioles a 6-3 lead.


Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera was in line for the win,pitching six effective innings, allowing three runs and fivehits while striking out eight.


Tejada and Kevin Millar blasted back-to-back solo shots in thebottom of the eighth inning, as the Orioles also tied a CamdenYards club record with their six home runs in one game.

 

11-run inning propels Devil Rays past Orioles

<h3>TAMPA BAY 15, BALTIMORE 8</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Less than one week after giving up arecord 30 runs to the Texas Rangers, the Baltimore Orioles letthe Tampa Bay Devil Rays tie a record of their own.

The Devil Rays tied a franchise high by scoring 11 runs in thetop of the eighth inning to come from behind and defeat thestruggling Orioles, 15-8, on Tuesday.


The 11 runs also tied an Orioles record set in 1962 for the mostruns surrendered in one inning at home.


"It was nice to be able to do that after a tough gameyesterday," Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We've been onboth ends of that."


"When you bring in four pitchers in one inning, you know yourare in trouble," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. "It's thatsimple."


Trailing, 6-3, in the top of the eighth, Tampa Bay loaded thebases with one out against Orioles reliever Jim Hoey. AfterDioner Navarro walked to cut the deficit to two runs, pinchhitter Greg Norton tied the game, 6-6, with a single to rightfield. Carl Crawford's RBI single to right gave the Devil Raysthe lead, and Carlos Pena and Jonny Gomes each had two-run hitsto add to Tampa Bay's outburst.


"I had a lot of fun," Gomes said. "It shows the potential ofour batters. When we take the at-bats one-by-one we have thepotential to do that more."


Pena hit his team-leading 31st home run, and he and Crawfordeach had three RBI for the Devil Rays, who won have now won fourof five.


Hoey (1-3) gave up five runs in one-third of an inning, as hesuffered his third straight loss in as many appearances asBaltimore dropped its seventh straight game.


"I thought when he (Hoey) first got here he established thestrike zone," Trembley said. "That's not happening now."

Miguel Tejada hit two of the season-high six home runs for theOrioles, who have given up 85 runs during their skid.

After Crawford's RBI single gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the topof the first, Nick Markakis hit a two-run shot in the bottomhalf and Tejada followed with a solo shot to left to giveBaltimore a 3-1 lead.


Aubrey Huff homered to right in the sixth and Ramon Hernandezlaunched a shot to left in the seventh, which had given theOrioles a 6-3 lead.


Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera was in line for the win,pitching six effective innings, allowing three runs and fivehits while striking out eight.


Tejada and Kevin Millar blasted back-to-back solo shots in thebottom of the eighth inning, as the Orioles also tied a CamdenYards club record with their six home runs in one game.

"It's a nice accomplishment, but it doesn't do much because youlost the game," Trembley said. "We lost the game where it's nota whole lot of fun to lose like we did."