AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 8 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - SCOTT ERICKSON AND CHARLES JOHNSON TAM - BRYAN REKAR, ROBERTO HERNANDEZ (9TH) AND MIKE DIFELICE
WP - BRYAN REKAR (2-3) LP - SCOTT ERICKSON (2-2) SAVE - ROBERTO HERNANDEZ (6)
HOME RUNS: BAL - BRADY ANDERSON (9) OFF REKAR IN THE 9TH, 0 ON TAM - NONE
TIME: 2:06 ATT: 14,108
PROBABLES: BAL - JASON JOHNSON (0-3, 4.25) MON - CARL PAVANO (5-2, 3.29)
TAM - ALBIE LOPEZ (2-4, 5.23) NYM - GLENDON RUSCH (2-4, 3.46)
Extended BoxBALTIMORE (1) VS TAMPA BAY (2) - FINAL
BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Anderson cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .279 Bordick ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304 Deshields 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 A Belle dh 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .285 W Clark 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313 C Ripken 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Conine rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .317 Surhoff lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 C Johnson c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .291
Totals 30 1 6 1 0 4 4
BATTING: 2B - B Anderson (11, Rekar). HR - B Anderson (9, 9th inning off Rekar 0 on, 1 out). RBI - B Anderson (22). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bordick 1. GIDP - C Ripken, W Clark. Team LOB - 2.
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Winn lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .316 Ger Williams cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .286 J Guillen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .271 Mcgriff 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .263 Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .224 S Cox dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .306 Difelice c 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .300 Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277 F Martinez ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .381
Totals 32 2 8 2 2 6 15
BATTING: 2B - Winn (1, Erickson). RBI - Mcgriff (38), Ger Williams (30). 2-out RBI - Mcgriff. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Cox 1, Mcgriff 1, Castilla 1. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - F Martinez (4, 2nd base off Erickson/C Johnson).
FIELDING: Outfield assists - Winn (A Belle at 2nd base). DP: 2 (F Martinez-Cairo-Mcgriff, Cairo-F Martinez-Mcgriff).
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BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era Erickson (L, 2-2) 8 8 2 2 2 6 0 6.31
TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era Rekar (W, 2-3) 8 1/3 6 1 1 0 4 1 4.81 R Hernandez (S, 6) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
WP - Erickson. Pitches-strikes: Rekar 86-55; R Hernandez 6-5; Erickson 123-75. Ground balls-fly balls: Rekar 11-9; R Hernandez 2-0; Erickson 14-4. Batters faced: Rekar 28; R Hernandez 2; Erickson 34.
UMPIRES: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--John Shulock. 3B--Bill Miller. T--2:06. Att--14,108. Indoors.
How They ScoredBALTIMORE (1) AT TAMPA BAY (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
TAMPA BAY 1ST: Winn doubled to left. Ger Williams struck out looking. J Guillen grounded out to third. Mcgriff singled to center, Winn scored. Castilla singled to center, Mcgriff to second. S Cox grounded out to second. BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 1.
TAMPA BAY 5TH: F Martinez singled to right. Winn struck out swinging. F Martinez stole second. Ger Williams singled to left, F Martinez scored. J Guillen singled to left, Ger Williams to second. Mcgriff struck out swinging. Castilla grounded into fielder's choice to third, Ger Williams out at third. BALTIMORE 0, TAMPA BAY 2.
BALTIMORE 9TH: C Johnson flied out to deep right center. B Anderson homered to left center. Roberto Hernandez relieved Bryan Rekar. Bordick grounded out to shortstop. Deshields grounded out to second. BALTIMORE 1, TAMPA BAY 2.
Game StoryST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays received a stellar pitching performance from an unlikely source.
Spot starter Bryan Rekar baffled Baltimore over 8 1/3 innings, as the Devil Rays posted back-to-back victories for the first time in three weeks, 2-1 over the Baltimore Orioles.
Rekar (2-3), who has shifted between the starting rotation and the bullpen, allowed the lone run on a homer by Brady Anderson with one out in the ninth inning. He threw only 86 pitches, scattering six hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
The 27-year-old righthander became only the second Tampa Bay starter since May 11 to notch a victory, a span of 19 games. Esteban Yan earned the other win, at Seattle on May 20.
Roberto Hernandez relieved Rekar after the homer to Anderson and retired the last two batters on six pitches to record his sixth save.
The Devil Rays, who completed the worst month in franchise history with a 4-3 win over Baltimore on Wednesday, posted consecutive victories for the first time since May 11-12, against the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.
Fred McGriff and Gerald Williams provided all the offense Rekar needed with run-scoring singles in the first and fifth innings respectively.
Scott Erickson (2-2) was the hard-luck loser despite allowing two runs and eight hits in a complete-game effort. He struck out six and walked none.