ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have lost their fifth consective game, losing the first game in a home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Matt Stairs got things started in the second with a lead-off home run, and added to the lead in the fourth with an RBI triple. Carl Crawford came up in the bottom of the inning with his own RBI triple to narrow the lead to one, but Alex Rios got that run back in the sixth with a lead-off home run. Akinori Iwamura knocked in he Rays second and final run in the seventh with an RBI single. The Blue Jays scored two miore in the ninth to assure the win with RBI singles by Gregg Zaun and David Eckstein. With this loss and a Yankees victory, the Rays have dropped to second place in the AL East standings, half a game behind the Yankees.
Final Score:
Blue Jays: 5
Rays: 2
Roy Halladay: 7 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 K
David Eckstein: 2-5, RBI
Alex Rios: 3-4, HR (14)
Vernon Wells: 1-4, R
Matt Stairs: 2-4, 3B, HR, (14), 2 RBI
Scott Rolen: 1-4, R
Shannon Stewart: 1-4, R
Edwin Jackson: 7.1 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 3 K
Akinori Iwamura: 1-4, RBI
Evan Longoria: 1-4, R
Carl Crawford: 2-4, 3B, RBI
Dioner Navarro: 1-4, R
WP - Roy Halladay (11-2) | LP - Edwin Jackson (5-7) | SV - B.J. Ryan (21)
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