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MLB: Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:36 by preet_20

St. Petersburg, Fla. Aug. 5" Evan Longoria's two-run homer in the 13th inning Tuesday gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-2 win over the AL Eastern Division rival Boston Red Sox.

Longoria, who tied the game with a solo shot in the eighth inning, slugged a 1-0 pitch from Takashi Saito (2-3) into the left-field seats with Michel Hernandez on third base to give the Rays their fifth win in their last eight games.

Lance Cormier (2-1) won it in relief as Boston's four-game winning streak came to an end.

Both teams had a chance to win the game in the 10th inning, but Dustin Pedroia hit into a double play that ended Boston's threat, and Tampa Bay failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs.

Kevin Youkilis gave Boston a 1-0 lead with a home run in the second inning and Pedroia added a solo homer in the sixth.

The Rays picked up a run in the seventh on Jason Bartlett's single and then tied it 2-2 in the eighth on Longoria's solo shot.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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