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MLB: Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 3

Thu, 10/01/2009 - 09:52 by shalini.bahadur

St. Petersburg, Fla., Sept. 30: Ben Zobrist hit a three-run homer Wednesday that helped the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 win over Baltimore, the Orioles' 13th straight loss and 98th of the season.

Tampa Bay clinched the second winning season in its 12-year history. The first winning campaign (97-65) came last year en route to an American League pennant.

Zobrist hit his 26th homer of the season to give Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead in the third. Carl Crawford added a solo shot in the fifth.

James Shields (11-12) took a shutout into the eighth inning, but gave up three runs in that frame. His eight strikeouts equaled a season high.

Russ Springer retired two batters in the ninth to collect his first save in eight years.

MLB: Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:16 by shalini.bahadur

Baltimore, Sept. 17: Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer with no one out in the ninth inning Wednesday to give Baltimore a rainy 4-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

The Rays continued their late-season collapse, during which they have lost 13 of 14 games.

After a rain delay in the eighth inning, Ben Zobrist hit a solo homer in the top of the ninth to lift Tampa Bay to a 2-2 tie.

Russ Springer (0-4) was brought in to try to take the game into extra innings, but failed to retire a batter.

Luke Scott drew a walk to lead off the ninth and Wieters hit the first pitch from Springer over the wall in left-center for his seventh homer of the season.

Jim Johnson (4-5) got the win despite giving up the home run to Zobrist.

MLB: Los Angeles Angels 8, Tampa Bay 7

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 13:14 by preet_20

Anaheim, Calif. Aug. 11: Vladimir Guerrero hit two solo home runs Monday, including the 400th of his career, to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-7 win over Tampa Bay.

Kendry Morales homered twice and drove in three runs for the Angels, who won for the third time in five games but have lost consecutive series to Texas and the Chicago White Sox.

Kevin Jepsen (4-3) got the win in relief, throwing two scoreless innings. Brian Fuentes earned his 32nd save.

Jason Bartlett had three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice for the Rays, who also got two RBI from Ben Zobrist and a solo homer from Carlos Pena in their second straight loss -- and their third loss in four games.

LA starter Sean O'Sullivan went 4 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on six hits.