Rays 6, Orioles 3
BALTIMORE -- Asdrubal Cabrera, Evan Longoria and Tim Beckham all homered while starter Chris Archer threw six shutout innings as the Tampa Bay Rays scored a 6-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Monday night.
The Rays (65-66) have won two straight games while the slumping Orioles (63-68) slid to a fifth straight loss. They have also lost 11 of their last 12, and Baltimore's scoreless streak stretched to 19 innings before it finally broke through with three runs in the seventh.
Tampa Bay got lots of offensive help to support Archer (12-10), who needed 113 pitches to get through six innings. The right-hander allowed four hits but escaped trouble in three different frames.
Beckham, the designated hitter, helped with a sacrifice fly and a solo homer. Third baseman Longoria added a solo shot while shortstop Cabrera hit a two-run homer. The power display accounted for four of the team's runs.
Plus, second baseman Logan Forsythe came close to the cycle, banging out a single, double and triple while scoring twice in a 3-for-4 effort.
Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen (8-7) pitched well in the first three innings, but everything fell apart after that. He gave up four runs on eight hits in the fourth and fifth and left after 4 2/3 innings when the Rays took a 5-0 lead -- ending the left-hander's four-game winning streak.
Beckham's homer off right-hander Brad Brach made it 6-0 in the sixth before center fielder Adam Jones (RBI single) and designated hitter Steve Clevenger (two-run single) helped the Orioles cut the lead to three an inning later.
Right-hander Brad Boxberger came on in the ninth and recorded his 33rd save.
The Orioles stranded 11 overall and missed on a number of scoring chances.
The Orioles nearly took the lead right at the start when shortstop Manny Machado led off the bottom of the first with a long drive to deep center. Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier leaped, got his arm over the fence and yanked the ball back into play, robbing Machado of a homer.
Kiermaier came out of the game two innings later with a mild right ankle sprain.
The Rays grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second when Forsythe tripled and scored on Beckham's one-out sacrifice fly.
Tampa Bay made it 3-0 in the fourth on Cabrera's two-run homer with two outs, a long blast into the left-field seats. The lead expanded again in the fifth when catcher Rene Rivera led off with a double and later scored when left fielder Joey Butler grounded into a double play.
Longoria then followed with his homer to make it 5-0.
NOTES: The Orioles began the game with three catchers in the opening lineup. Matt Wieters (first base) and Steve Clevenger (DH) both started out of position while Caleb Joseph began behind the plate. ... Baltimore minor league RHP Steve Johnson, who pitched for the Orioles in 2012 and '13, was in the clubhouse and likely will be activated Tuesday when the rosters expand. Johnson was 4-1 in 32 games (three starts) with Triple-A Norfolk. His father, Dave, also pitched for the Orioles. ... The Rays began the series at 64-66 and are one of just four American League teams -- along with the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals and Houston Astros -- that have not been four games under .500 this season. ... Starting Monday, the Rays were set to play 26 of their final 32 games against teams from the American League East. The Rays were 24-26 against their division foes before the Baltimore series.