Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 3, 2015
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Todd Tichenor, 3B - Tim Welke
Attendance: 16652

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Outfielder Adam Jones matched a career high with four hits, including a two-out, two-run single in the seventh, rallying the Baltimore Orioles to a home win on the road, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 at Tropicana Field.

The Orioles (12-11) took two of three games in a series moved from Maryland to Florida because of the riots in Baltimore last week, making the most of a difficult situation. Sunday's game drew an announced crowd of 16,652, many wearing orange as they came up from the Orioles' spring training home in Sarasota.

The Rays led 2-0 in the sixth, but saw their bullpen give up seven hits after starter Nathan Karns gave up two in five innings. Baltimore got a two-out single in the sixth by second baseman Rey Navarro, cutting the lead to 2-1. Baltimore rallied again in the seventh, again with two outs against Rays relievers.

Shortstop Jimmy Paredes tied the game with an RBI double to left off reliever Kevin Jepsen, and with runners at second and third, Jones came through with a two-run single to center for a 4-2 lead. Orioles reliever Zach Britton closed out the game for his fifth save of the season.

The Rays (13-12) continue to struggle to find consistent hitting -- their best scoring in the last six games came in a 3-2, 13-inning win Wednesday at New York, with just 10 total runs in the last six games, fortunate to be 2-4 in that span.

Tampa Bay resumes the road portion of its road trip with three games at Boston, starting Monday, before returning home for eight games, starting with four against Texas next weekend. Baltimore has Monday off before heading to New York for two games with the Mets and four with the Yankees.

NOTES: The Rays' injury woes continued Sunday, as OF Desmond Jennings became the 14th different player -- and 11th current player -- to go on the disabled list. Jennings has bursitis in his left knee, and the move is retroactive to April 26. ... To take his spot, the Rays added OF Joey Butler from Triple-A Durham. He's the 37th player and 12th rookie to join the Rays this season. Butler was hitting .317 in Durham with two home runs and 15 RBIs in 22 games. The Rays lead the majors in total players, rookies and players on the disabled list this season. ... With three games relocated from Baltimore to St. Petersburg, Fla., due to the riots in Baltimore, these three games will count statistically toward Baltimore road and Tampa Bay home games, though they will count toward the Orioles attendance figures as home games. ... Baltimore's versatile Steve Pearce played at second base for the first time Friday, giving him appearances at all infield positions in his career. He's primarily a first baseman and made one appearance at shortstop in 2011. He's also played 10 games at third base.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Nathan Karns Player Wei-Yin Chen
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 4
2 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Baltimore
Logan Forsythe Player Adam Jones
2 Hits 4
1 RBI 2
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 7 1 12 .212 16 8 2 3 0 0
Baltimore 9 0 10 .273 14 8 4 2 0 1