Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 24, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Adrian Johnson, 2B -
Mike Muchlinski, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
17221
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David Price allowed three runs in seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays broke an 18-game losing streak in Cleveland in beating the Indians, 6-3 on Saturday night.
The win was Tampa Bay's first since in Cleveland since Sept. 28, 2005.
Ben Zobrist hit a game-tying three-run homer in the fifth before Carlos Pena's solo homer in the sixth gave Tampa Bay the lead.
Price (13-5) moved into a tie for the American League lead in wins with New York's CC Sabathia, but had to regroup after a shaky beginning. Shin-Soo Choo had an RBI double in the first and Shelley Duncan's two-run homer in the second gave Cleveland a 3-0 lead.
Price allowed three hits, walked four and struck out five. Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 25th save in 27 chances.
Cleveland starter Mitch Talbot (8-9) tied a club record by striking out six straight batters. The string began when he struck out Carl Crawford with one out in the first. Talbot struck out the side in the second and fanned B.J. Upton to start the third.
Talbot took a 3-0 lead into the fifth, but Zobrist tied the game with a disputed three-run homer. The play was originally ruled a triple, but was changed to a home run after the umpires briefly looked at the replay.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Tampa Bay
|
9 |
2 |
18 |
.250 |
12 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Cleveland
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.133 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |