BALTIMORE -- The Rays have swept the Orioles three straight games in a close in which Scott Kazmir did not pitch his best yet still got the win. Cliff Floyd gave the Rays their first run in the second with a solo shot. Then in the third, Willy Aybar belted his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to make it 3-0. Jason Bartlett also homered in the fifth to extend the lead to four, but the Orioles came back in the bottom of that inning with three. Melvin Mora hit into a sacrifice groundout scoring Norton* from third, followed by back-to-back RBI doubles by Nick Markakis and Aubrey Huff. The Rays then came up with two in the seventh; Akinori Iwamura with an RBI single and a fielder's choice allowing Nathan Haynes to score from third, but the Orioles got two of their own in the bottom of the inning on a two-run single off the bat of Aubrey Huff. The Rays came up with one more in the ninth on a Carl Crawford solo homer to extend the lead to two, a lead that would hold as the Rays sweep the Orioles.
Final Score:
Rays: 7
Orioles: 5
Scott Kazmir (W, 11-7): 6.1 IP, 13 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Al Reyes: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Gary Glover: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 45): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Akinori Iwamura: 2-5, RBI
Carl Crawford: 2-5, HR (15), 2 RBI, 2 R
Willy Aybar: 1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, HR (20), RBI, R
Dan Johnson: 1-4, R
Nathan Haynes: 1-4, R
Jason Bartlett: 1-4, HR (8), RBI, R
Brian Burres (L, 9-6): 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Denys Baez: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Great Thompson: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Brian Roberts: 2-5, 2 2B, R
Melvin Mora: 1-5, RBI, R
Aubrey Huff: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Norton*: 3-4, 2 R
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