B.J. Upton drove in four runs and Evan Longoria added an RBI as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 5-3 victory on Sunday.
Matt Joyce double twice and scored two runs for the Rays, who have won four in a row to move into first place in the American League East.
Tampa Bay got to Brad Bergesen (0-4) in the fourth, pushing a run across on Longoria’s single and grabbing two more when Upton followed Joyce’s double with a two-run single up the middle.
Upton did the same thing in the fifth, this time pushing Joyce and Ben Zobrist across with a single back through the box.
Wade Davis (4-2) got the start for the Rays and lasted five innings, surrendering three runs and four hits while walking five to pick up the win.
Rob Delany pitched a scoreless inning and Joel Peralta went 1 2/3 before handing it off to Kyle Farnsworth for the four-out save - his seventh.
Derrek Lee hit his fourth homer and Matt Wieters doubled in a pair of runs for Baltimore.
Tampa Bay | Baltimore | |
Wade Davis | Player | Bradley Bergesen |
Win | W/L | Loss |
5.0 | IP | 4.2 |
3 | Strikeouts | 1 |
4 | Hits | 9 |
5.40 | ERA | 9.64 |
Tampa Bay | Baltimore | |
Matthew Joyce | Player | Matt Wieters |
2 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 2 |
0 | HR | 0 |
4 | TB | 3 |
.500 | Avg | .500 |