The Tampa Bay Rays were riding high on a six game win streak, but that came to a halt on Tueday night as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Rays 7-4.  It was quite a run, and a good one at that for the Rays.  We will see if they can start another streak tomorrow.

Jason Hammel was roughed up in his 2.2 innings of action.  Hammel gave up six hits and three runs.  One that that really hurt Hammel was the four walks that he allowed.  J.P. Howell came in for relief and pitched three innings giving up two runs.  Scott Dohmann pitched 1.1 innings and gave up two runs as well.  Bad job by Jammel, Howell, and Dohmann tonight.

B.J. Upton did hit his third homerun in the season in the game as he finished with two RBI.  Akinori Iwamura and Carl Crawford both had one RBI each in the game.

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The Tampa Bay Rays improved their record to 7-9 as they beat the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Nathan Haynes led the Rays with two RBI while Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria, Eric Hinske, and Jonny Gomes all had one RBI each.  Hinske’s RBI came on a solo home run in the second inning.

Jason Hammel earned the victory for the Blue Jays.  He pitched six innings and gave up six hits and three earned runs.  With the victory, Hammel’s record improved to 1-1 on the season.  J.P. Howell pitched the final three innings to earn the save for the Rays.

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The Tampa Bay Rays were never really in the game tonight against the Yankees as they lost 6-1.  The Rays bats couldn’t get going against Mike Mussina and the Yankees bullpen and Bobby Abreu hurt the Rays pitchers.

Jason Hammel took the loss for the Rays.  Hammel pitched six innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs.  Scott Dohmann pitched one inning and gave up two earned runs.  Gary Glover pitched one scoreless inning.

The only offense for the Rays came off the bat of Jonny Gomes when he hit a solo homerun in the third inning off Mike Mussina.

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