ST. PETERSBURG -- Interleague play has officially started for the Rays, and they've ended their losing streak with a huge victory over the Marlins. The Marlins scored early n the second with a solo homer off the bat of Jeremy Hermida to take a one-run lead, but the Rays tied it up in the fourth when Evan Longoria hit an RBI double knocking in Carlos Pena. The Rays then took the lead in thr fifth on an Akinora Iwamura RBI single scoring Dioner Navarro, but in the sixth, power hitting Dan Uggla blasted a solo homer to tie it up. The Rays took the lead once again in the sixth on an RBI single by Cliff Floyd knocking in Evan Longoria. Sixth inning, followed by Dioner Navarro with a sacrifice hit scoring Carl Crawford. The Marlins stormed back in the seventh Seventh with a huge five run inning that started with a solo homer by Luis Gonzalez solo homer. Later in the inning, Alfredo Amezaga came through with an RBI hit knocking in Cody Ross to tie it, and Dan Uggla capped it off with a three-run bomb scoring Wes Helms and Alfredo Amezaga. The Rays came back with a huge inning of their own in the eighth with a three-run homer off the bat of Rocco Baldelli, scoring Dioner Navarro and Cliff Floyd to tie it, and an RBI double by B.J. Upton later in the inning knocking in Jason Bartlett. Rays starting pitcher Scott Kazmir started the game well, but struggled with that five-run seventh the Marlins put up. He went seven innings giving up the Marlins seven runs on ten hits and striking out one.
Final Score:
Marlins: 7
Rays: 8
WP - Dan Wheeler (8-0) | LP - Renyel Pinto (1-3) | SV - Troy Percival (20)
HR:
Rocco Baldelli (Rays) - 3
Dan Uggla (Marlins) - 19
Dan Uggla (Marlins) - 20
Jeremy Hermida (Marlins) - 11
Luis Gonzalez (Marlins) - 7
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