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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, September 12, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 11924

Ben Zobrist had three hits and three RBIs to back 7 2/3 strong innings from Jeff Niemann as the surging Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to five with a 5-2 win over the host Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.

Niemann (10-7) snapped a two-game losing streak and notched double-digit victories for the third straight season to help the Rays close within three games of idle Boston in the AL wild-card race.

Zobrist had a two-run double in the first and a run-scoring single in the seventh, giving him eight RBIs in his current six-game hitting streak. It was Zobrist's 45th double, tying Kansas City's Alex Gordon for the major-league lead.

B.J. Upton had a pair of doubles and scored twice to help Tampa Bay to its eighth victory in nine games. He had reached base in nine straight at-bats before striking out in the eighth. Joel Peralta struck out the side in the ninth for his third save.

Orioles rookie lefthander Zach Britton (9-10) had his three-game winning streak snapped, allowing four runs in five innings.

Baltimore’s Matt Wieters ended a 1-for-18 skid with a solo homer, his 18th of the season and seventh in his last 18 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Jeff Niemann Player Zack Britton
Win W/L Loss
7.2 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 5
2.35 ERA 7.20
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Ben ZobristPlayer J.J. Hardy
3 Hits 2
3 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 11 0 15 .289 24 5 5 5 1 0
Baltimore 6 1 10 .188 9 8 2 2 0 1