Matt Garza tossed a complete game one hitter as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Florida Marlins by the score of 6-1.  The only hit for the Marlins came in the seventh inning when Hanley Ramirez hit a solo home run off of Garza.  With the win, the Rays were able to sweep their in-state rivals in the three game series.

Garza was dominate all day long as he had ten strick outs to go along with only the one hit he gave up.  He improved to 5-5 with the victory and should have a lot of momentum heading into his next start.

Evan Longoria and Ben Zobrist both hit solo home runs for the Rays at the plate.  Shawn Riggans led the Rays at the plate with three rbi however.  Riggans had a sac fly in the second inning and then a two run double in the fifth inning.  Riggans also scored in the fourth inning on a infield single by Akinori Iwamura.

Great series sweep for the Rays and now they will start up a weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.  Rays Blog