Baseball Guru
06-24-2004, 05:09 PM
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Devil Rays 19, Blue Jays 13
June 24, 2004
TORONTO (AP) -- A day after their club-record 12 game winning streak ended, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays set team records for runs and hits in a 19-13 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Jose Cruz. Jr., Carl Crawford and Geoff Blum homered for the Devil Rays, who finished with 24 hits, three more than their previous mark, set at Boston last July 24. The old club record for runs was 15.
Julio Lugo went 5-for-7 to set a team record for hits, and Tampa Bay tied its record with 11 walks.
Every Tampa Bay starter drove in at least one run except Aubrey Huff and all had hits except rookie Jose Bautista.
Cruz, Crawford, Lugo and Rey Sanchez each drove in three runs for the Devil Rays, who have won 16 of 19.
Cruz hit his 165th career homer, matching his father's total. Jose Cruz Sr. played 18 seasons in the major leagues with St. Louis, Houston and the New York Yankees.
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Cruz and Crawford homered in a six-run sixth inning. Cruz homered off reliever Michael Nakamura, and Crawford hit a three-run drive against Adam Peterson for a 14-5 lead.
Tampa Bay starter John Halama (4-1) won despite allowing five runs and eight hits in five innings. Rob Bell finished for his first career save, allowing three-run homers in the ninth to Orlando Hudson and Dave Berg.
Orlando Hudson and Dave Berg hit three-run homers in the ninth off Rob Bell, who earlier allowed solo shots by Eric Hinske and Kevin Cash. The Blue Jays had 15 hits.
Ted Lilly (6-4) gave up six runs and nine hits in three-plus innings.
Tampa Bay scored three runs in the first on Lugo's two-run single and on Lilly's run-scoring balk, but Toronto scored four in the bottom half on Reed Johnson's RBI double, Orlando Hudson's run-scoring single and Chris Gomez's RBI double.
Sanchez tied it in fourth with an RBI single, and the Devil Rays took a 8-4 lead in the fourth on Blum's RBI single, Rocco Baldelli's run-scoring double, Cruz's RBI single and Sanchez's sacrifice fly.
Blum tied the club record for hits and runs with his homer off Justin Speierin the eighth.
Notes
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Barry is to hold a ``Welcome Home Rally'' for the Devil Rays when they return home on Friday. It was the longest winning streak in the major leagues since Arizona won 12 straight from June 18-30 last season. ... Toronto LHP Jason Kershner cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Syracuse. ... Toronto had scored 15 runs five times: at Seattle on May 30, 1999; at Texas on Sept. 19, 1999; at the New York Mets on June 4, 2000; at Texas last July 20 and at Boston.
Devil Rays 19, Blue Jays 13
June 24, 2004
TORONTO (AP) -- A day after their club-record 12 game winning streak ended, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays set team records for runs and hits in a 19-13 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Jose Cruz. Jr., Carl Crawford and Geoff Blum homered for the Devil Rays, who finished with 24 hits, three more than their previous mark, set at Boston last July 24. The old club record for runs was 15.
Julio Lugo went 5-for-7 to set a team record for hits, and Tampa Bay tied its record with 11 walks.
Every Tampa Bay starter drove in at least one run except Aubrey Huff and all had hits except rookie Jose Bautista.
Cruz, Crawford, Lugo and Rey Sanchez each drove in three runs for the Devil Rays, who have won 16 of 19.
Cruz hit his 165th career homer, matching his father's total. Jose Cruz Sr. played 18 seasons in the major leagues with St. Louis, Houston and the New York Yankees.
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Cruz and Crawford homered in a six-run sixth inning. Cruz homered off reliever Michael Nakamura, and Crawford hit a three-run drive against Adam Peterson for a 14-5 lead.
Tampa Bay starter John Halama (4-1) won despite allowing five runs and eight hits in five innings. Rob Bell finished for his first career save, allowing three-run homers in the ninth to Orlando Hudson and Dave Berg.
Orlando Hudson and Dave Berg hit three-run homers in the ninth off Rob Bell, who earlier allowed solo shots by Eric Hinske and Kevin Cash. The Blue Jays had 15 hits.
Ted Lilly (6-4) gave up six runs and nine hits in three-plus innings.
Tampa Bay scored three runs in the first on Lugo's two-run single and on Lilly's run-scoring balk, but Toronto scored four in the bottom half on Reed Johnson's RBI double, Orlando Hudson's run-scoring single and Chris Gomez's RBI double.
Sanchez tied it in fourth with an RBI single, and the Devil Rays took a 8-4 lead in the fourth on Blum's RBI single, Rocco Baldelli's run-scoring double, Cruz's RBI single and Sanchez's sacrifice fly.
Blum tied the club record for hits and runs with his homer off Justin Speierin the eighth.
Notes
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Barry is to hold a ``Welcome Home Rally'' for the Devil Rays when they return home on Friday. It was the longest winning streak in the major leagues since Arizona won 12 straight from June 18-30 last season. ... Toronto LHP Jason Kershner cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Syracuse. ... Toronto had scored 15 runs five times: at Seattle on May 30, 1999; at Texas on Sept. 19, 1999; at the New York Mets on June 4, 2000; at Texas last July 20 and at Boston.