Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, September 4, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 15790
Reid Brignac and Sean Rodriguez combined for five RBIs in the first three innings and Jeremy Hellickson scattered four hits as the Tampa Bay Rays cruised to an 8-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.

Hellickson (12-10) tossed his second complete game - both against the Orioles this season - and struck out one. He threw 120 pitches in a four-hit shutout against Baltimore May 13.

The Rays were shut out in Hellickson’s last two starts, but scored six in the first three frames Sunday. Rodriguez lined a two-run homer in the second and Brignac produced a three-run double in the third.

Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie (6-17) walked three in the third inning and third baseman Mark Reynolds booted a bases-loaded grounder with two outs before Brignac delivered his key hit. Guthrie gave up seven runs in five innings – three earned.

Adam Jones belted his 23rd homer of the season - but only his second since Aug. 10 - to lead off the fifth. He also had a double for the Orioles.

Matt Joyce added a solo home run and Johnny Damon singled in the fourth for the Rays to tie Doc Cramer for 62nd on the all-time hit list with 2,705.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Jeremy Guthrie Player Jeremy Hellickson
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 9.0
5 Strikeouts 1
7 Hits 4
5.40 ERA 1.00
Hitting
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Adam JonesPlayer Sean Rodriguez
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
1 HR 1
6 TB 5
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 4 1 8 .133 4 1 1 0 0 2
Tampa Bay 8 2 15 .242 21 7 7 6 0 1