Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 7, LA Angels 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 39007
Evan Longoria homered and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays snap a three-game skid with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.

Carl Crawford finished with three hits and two stolen bases and Ben Zobrist had an RBI and scored a pair of runs for Tampa Bay, who improved to 14-4 on the road.

Jeff Niemann (3-0) allowed one run on six hits and struck out four over 7 1/3 innings to keep his record unblemished.

Tampa Bay (22-10) jumped to an early 3-0 lead before tagging on three more in the seventh.

Crawford led off the seventh frame with a single, Zobrist was walked and Longoria followed with a home run.

Los Angeles starter Scott Kazmir (2-3) was dealt the loss, surrendering three runs on seven hits in five innings of work.

The Angels (15-19) broke the shutout with a pair of runs in the eighth on Torii Hunter’s RBI single and Hideki Matsui’s bases-loaded walk.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   LA Angels
Jeff Niemann Player Scott Kazmir
Win W/L Loss
7.1 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 7
2.45 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Tampa Bay   LA Angels
Carl Crawford Player Torii Hunter
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 12 1 17 .343 15 8 7 5 2 0
LA Angels 8 0 9 .235 15 6 2 3 1 0