Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 8, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Clint Fagan
Attendance: 11076

Orioles 3, Rays 1: Steve Pearce belted a two-run homer and Ubaldo Jimenez won his second straight start as visiting Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay.

Adam Jones recorded two hits and scored a run while Jonathan Schoop knocked in one for the Orioles, who have taken all five games against the Rays this season. Jimenez (2-4) allowed one run and scattered seven hits in 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and Darren O’Day notched his second save.

Evan Longoria knocked in the only run for Tampa Bay, which left 11 runners on base and could not score after Ryan Hanigan and Ben Zobrist singled to open the ninth. David Price (3-3) yielded three runs on nine hits in five-plus innings to suffer the loss and has won only once in his last five starts.

Longoria’s RBI single to right in the first inning gave the Rays the lead, but J.J. Hardy doubled with two outs in the second and trotted home on Pearce’s line-drive homer to left field on a 3-2 fastball. Baltimore increased its lead in the fourth when Schoop singled up the middle to plate Jones.

The Orioles loaded the bases with none out in the sixth before Brad Boxberger came on to strike out the next three batters on nine pitches. Ryan Webb and Brian Matusz each pitched 1 1/3 innings without allowing a hit before O’Day gave closer Tommy Hunter the night off in the ninth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Orioles RF Nick Markakis was 1-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. … Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey was ejected in the middle of the first inning by home plate umpire Marty Foster for arguing a check swing. … Baltimore, which was 6-13 against Tampa Bay last season, is 11-6 in its last 17 road games in 2014.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Ubaldo Jimenez Player David Price
Win W/L Loss
5.1 IP 5.0
3 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 9
1.69 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Steve Pearce Player Ryan Hanigan
2 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 1
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 9 1 13 .257 17 9 3 2 0 0
Tampa Bay 9 0 10 .265 23 4 1 4 2 0