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Major League Baseball
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Tampa Bay 6, Milwaukee 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance: 39632

David Price struck out 10 in eight innings and Elliot Johnson hit a three-run homer as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 in interleague play Wednesday.

Price (8-6) was outstanding after a shaky start against Boston last Thursday in which he walked five in five innings. The lefthander allowed just two runs and five hits Wednesday against the Brewers. He walked just one en route to his first win in three starts.

Milwaukee, meanwhile, lost for the seventh time in 10 games. Adding injury to insult, Brewers' starter Shaun Marcum exited in the fourth after aggravating the hip flexor he strained last Friday against Boston. Marcum allowed two runs and two hits in three-plus innings.

The game was tied at 2 until B.J. Upton lofted a soft RBI single to center field off Marcum’s replacement, Marco Estrada (1-5), in the sixth.

Tampa Bay added to its lead as Johnson, playing for the slumping Reid Brignac, snapped out of his own 0-for-15 skid with a three-run shot off Tim Dillard in the seventh. That gave the Rays a comfortable 6-2 advantage.

The Brewers loaded the bases against Kyle Farnsworth in the ninth, but only pushed across one run on a sacrifice fly from pinch hitter Nyjer Morgan.


Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Milwaukee
David Price Player Shaun Marcum
Win W/L No Decision
8.0 IP 3.0
10 Strikeouts 2
5 Hits 2
2.25 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Milwaukee
Sam Fuld Player Yuniesky Betancourt
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 7 2 14 .219 10 10 6 4 1 0
Milwaukee 8 0 8 .250 6 10 2 1 0 0