Baseball Guru
07-31-2002, 10:25 AM
Devil Rays Defeat Orioles 10-3
By Associated Press
July 30, 2002, 9:43 PM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jared Sandberg hit his first career grand slam during a six-run first inning and Joe Kennedy struck out seven in his fifth complete game of the season as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 Tuesday night.
Aubrey Huff homered twice for Tampa Bay, which has won six of 10. The Devil Rays, at 35-70, have the majors worst record.
Kennedy (6-8) retired the first 11 batters he faced before Gary Matthews Jr. singled in the fourth. He allowed three runs on five hits and a walk in snapping a personal six-game winless streak dating back to June 18.
Kennedy and Kansas City's Paul Byrd led the AL with five complete games.
Baltimore starter John Stephens (0-1), the 17th Australian to appear in the major leagues, allowed nine runs and 10 hits -- including three homers -- over three innings in his big league debut.
Marty Cordova and Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, who have dropped the first two-games of a four-game series against the Devil Rays and lost nine of 12 overall.
Toby Hall put the Devil Rays up 1-0 with a first-inning RBI single. One batter later, Sandberg hit a 1-0 pitch from Stephens an estimated 403 feet into the left field seats.
The homer was Sandberg's fourth in 18 at-bats. He has 11 on the season, with 10 coming in a span 123 of at-bats.
Carl Crawford closed out the six-run, first with a run-scoring single. He has a hit in seven straight games and 10 of 11 since making his major league debut July 20.
Huff made it 7-0 with a solo homer in the second, and added another bases empty shot during the seventh inning. He has just three homers and six RBIs this month.
Tampa Bay took a 9-0 lead when Ben Grieve, mired in a 6-for-38 skid with 17 strikeouts, hit a two-run homer in the third. It was his first home run in 69 at-bats, and just his fifth since April.
Cordova hit his 13th homer, a solo drive that struck an overhanging speaker 105 feet above the playing surface, in the fifth. Mora also hit his 13th home run, a two-run shot one inning later.
Notes:@ Former Cleveland manager Charlie Manuel, who resides in nearby Winter Haven, was at the game. ... Devil Rays CF Randy Winn, the most mentioned Tampa Bay player in trade talks, was out of the starting lineup. GM Chuck LaMar said the move was just to give Winn, who entered Monday's game as pinch-hitter and wound up with three at-bats, a break. ... Cordova had been hitless in 15 at-bats during the current 11-game road trip before his homer. ... Nineteen of 53 Tampa Bay home games this season would have been affected by rain -- including Tuesday -- if Tropicana Field wasn't a dome stadium. ... The Devil Rays had 32 hits over the past two games, including 15 Tuesday.
By Associated Press
July 30, 2002, 9:43 PM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jared Sandberg hit his first career grand slam during a six-run first inning and Joe Kennedy struck out seven in his fifth complete game of the season as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 Tuesday night.
Aubrey Huff homered twice for Tampa Bay, which has won six of 10. The Devil Rays, at 35-70, have the majors worst record.
Kennedy (6-8) retired the first 11 batters he faced before Gary Matthews Jr. singled in the fourth. He allowed three runs on five hits and a walk in snapping a personal six-game winless streak dating back to June 18.
Kennedy and Kansas City's Paul Byrd led the AL with five complete games.
Baltimore starter John Stephens (0-1), the 17th Australian to appear in the major leagues, allowed nine runs and 10 hits -- including three homers -- over three innings in his big league debut.
Marty Cordova and Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles, who have dropped the first two-games of a four-game series against the Devil Rays and lost nine of 12 overall.
Toby Hall put the Devil Rays up 1-0 with a first-inning RBI single. One batter later, Sandberg hit a 1-0 pitch from Stephens an estimated 403 feet into the left field seats.
The homer was Sandberg's fourth in 18 at-bats. He has 11 on the season, with 10 coming in a span 123 of at-bats.
Carl Crawford closed out the six-run, first with a run-scoring single. He has a hit in seven straight games and 10 of 11 since making his major league debut July 20.
Huff made it 7-0 with a solo homer in the second, and added another bases empty shot during the seventh inning. He has just three homers and six RBIs this month.
Tampa Bay took a 9-0 lead when Ben Grieve, mired in a 6-for-38 skid with 17 strikeouts, hit a two-run homer in the third. It was his first home run in 69 at-bats, and just his fifth since April.
Cordova hit his 13th homer, a solo drive that struck an overhanging speaker 105 feet above the playing surface, in the fifth. Mora also hit his 13th home run, a two-run shot one inning later.
Notes:@ Former Cleveland manager Charlie Manuel, who resides in nearby Winter Haven, was at the game. ... Devil Rays CF Randy Winn, the most mentioned Tampa Bay player in trade talks, was out of the starting lineup. GM Chuck LaMar said the move was just to give Winn, who entered Monday's game as pinch-hitter and wound up with three at-bats, a break. ... Cordova had been hitless in 15 at-bats during the current 11-game road trip before his homer. ... Nineteen of 53 Tampa Bay home games this season would have been affected by rain -- including Tuesday -- if Tropicana Field wasn't a dome stadium. ... The Devil Rays had 32 hits over the past two games, including 15 Tuesday.