Josh Lowe homered twice, including a three-run blast in the sixth that broke open a close game, and the Tampa Bay Rays breezed past the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-3 on Friday night.
in the third inning and went deep again with two aboard in the sixth to give the Rays a rare breather amid a string of tight finishes.
Tampa Bay entered Friday having had each of its previous four games decided in the final at-bat. There was no drama this time thanks to the first multi-homer game of Lowe's career.also had three hits. Yandy Díaz singled twice to extend his hitting streak to 13 games and his on-base streak to a career-best 23 games as the Rays finished with a season-high 17 hits.hit his 11th homer of the season to push his hitting streak to a career-best 18 games. The left fielder is hitting .
Tampa touched Ortiz for six runs on 10 hits in four innings. Ortiz failed to retire the Rays in order once and things got out of hand in the sixth.and Díaz singled to start the inning and three batters later the left-handed Lowe flicked an Ortiz offering into the bleachers in left-center field, the deepest part of the ballpark.
The loss came on a day Pirates chairman Bob Nutting said he's given general manager Ben Cherington the green light to seek trades that will help an offense that has kept the Pirates from emerging from a crowded if underwhelming NL Central pack. served as the designated hitter for Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday night. Bart will catch for Perez on Saturday when Perez makes a rehab start. ...
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