Carl Crawford had three hits and two RBIs and Jeremy Hellickson pitched well for the third straight outing as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Crawford homered in the first inning and had a run-scoring single in Tampa Bay’s two-run third inning as the Rays moved within one game of the first-place New York Yankees in the American League East.

Hellickson (3-0) allowed just three hits for the third consecutive start since being recalled from Triple-A Durham. Hellickson gave up one run, struck out five and walked one.

Baltimore’s lone run off Hellickson came on Felix Pie’s second-inning sacrifice fly.

Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect ninth for his 33rd save of the season.

Matt Joyce had an RBI double for Tampa Bay’s other third-inning run. Jake Fox homered in the seventh for the Orioles.

Baltimore starter Jake Arrieta (4-4) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.