BALTIMORE (AP) — Evan Longoria homered and drove in four runs, B.J. Upton hit a three-run drive and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 Saturday to tie a single-season club record with their seventh straight road win.
Longoria doubled in a run in the first inning and hit a three-run shot off Jeremy Guthrie (1-5) in the third. It was his first homer of the season, although that can be attributed to a one-month stay on the disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle.
Upton’s home run made it 7-0 in the fifth and validated his decision to appeal a two-game suspension by Major League Baseball for a tirade following an ejection Wednesday night. The suspension, handed down Saturday, was supposed to begin immediately. But Upton appealed because, he said, “I like hitting in this park.”
