Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 31, 2013
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 29603

Rays 9, Indians 2: James Loney belted a pair of homers and knocked in three as visiting Tampa Bay extended its win streak to six after three rain delays caused the game to end at nearly 3 a.m.

Matt Joyce added a two-run homer while Yunel Escobar and Ben Zobrist each collected two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who scored five times in the third after 4 hours 49 minutes of delays. Jamey Wright (1-1) allowed two unearned runs and one walk over three-plus innings as four Rays pitchers combined on one-hitter.

Ryan Raburn had an RBI double for the Indians, who have dropped three of four to Tampa Bay this season. Reliever Scott Barnes (0-1) allowed five runs on four hits in one inning to take the loss - his first career decision.

Barnes allowed an infield hit to Escobar before Joyce hammered his two-run shot to right field with two outs. Kelly Johnson followed with a walk and scored on Evan Longoria’s double before Loney made it 5-0 with another two-run blast to right field.

The Indians pulled within 5-2 in the fifth on a Yan Gomes sacrifice fly and Raburn’s two-out, RBI double off the right-field wall. Josh Lueke pitched two scoreless innings while Cesar Ramos worked three hitless frames for his first career save for the Rays.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore went only one inning, retiring all three batters, before the third rain delay and did not return. … Cleveland starter Corey Kluber struck out three and did not allow a hit in two innings. … Rays RHP Alex Colome, who won his major-league debut Thursday, was optioned to Triple-A Durham and LHP Jeff Beliveau was recalled.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Cleveland
Matt Moore Player Corey Kluber
No Decision W/L No Decision
1.0 IP 2.0
1 Strikeouts 3
0 Hits 0
0.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Cleveland
Yunel Escobar Player Ryan Raburn
2 Hits 1
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.500 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 11 3 22 .289 10 10 9 3 0 1
Cleveland 2 0 3 .074 5 8 2 3 0 0