Orioles hold off Rays to avoid sweep
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04/08/2010 -
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Garrett Atkins went 2-for-4 with two
runs batted in, and the Baltimore Orioles hung on for a 5-4 victory over the
Tampa Bay Rays to salvage a game in this season-opening three-game set.
Nolan Reimold added a solo homer, while Matt Wieters went 2-for-4 with a run
scored and an RBI for the Orioles, who had dropped a pair of one-run decisions
to open the season.
Brian Matusz (1-0), one of the early favorites for AL Rookie of the Year,
allowed two runs, two hits and five walks in five frames while fanning seven.
Mike Gonzalez pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to earn his first
save.
Jason Bartlett and Evan Longoria each had two hits and an RBI for the Rays,
who were looking for their first 3-0 start since 2002. Jeff Niemann lasted
only 1 1/3 frames because he was struck on the right shoulder with a batted
ball and had to leave the game.
Andy Sonnanstine came on in relief and allowed one run in 3 1/3 frames. Mike
Ekstrom (0-1) was saddled with the loss after yielding three runs while
recording just one out.
Clinging to a one-run lead, Baltimore barely held on for the win in the ninth.
Gonzalez came on to save the game and struck out the first two batters he
faced, but he then walked Dioner Navarro, allowed a single to Bartlett and
walked Carl Crawford to load the bases.
Ben Zobrist tried to tie the game but flied out to right.
Reimold's homer to lead off the third gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead, but Tampa
Bay struck for two in the home half.
Pat Burrell, Gabe Kapler and Kelly Shoppach all walked to load the bases with
no outs, and Bartlett's single scored Burrell to tie the game. Crawford
followed with a sacrifice fly for a one-run lead, but Zobrist and Longoria
were both retired to end the threat.
Baltimore struggled to score again off Sonnanstine, but the Orioles scored
four in the sixth off Ekstrom and Grant Balfour to go in front for good.
The bases were loaded with nobody out after a single, hit batsman and a walk,
and Ekstrom was lifted for Balfour. Wieters greeted the new pitcher by
clubbing a high fastball to center for an RBI single and 2-2 game.
Balfour then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Miguel Tejada to race home, and
two batters later Atkins placed a bloop single perfectly down the right field
line to plate two more runners for a 5-2 cushion.
The Rays chipped away at their deficit: Burrell scored on a Navarro fielder's
choice groundout in the seventh, and Zobrist tripled and scored on Longoria's
single in the eighth to make it a one-run game.
Game Notes
Matusz has won his last four starts, dating back to last season...Longoria was
caught stealing for the first time in his three-year career. He had been 16-
for-16...The Orioles had as many hits with runners in scoring position (three)
on Thursday as they did in the first two games combined.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
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