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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 Zobrist | Player |
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 |
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