Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 8, San Diego 7
When: 6:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 11, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 18587

Rays 8, Padres 7: Evan Longoria belted a two-run, two-out homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as Tampa Bay rallied past San Diego for its fourth straight victory.

Ben Zobrist walked with two outs and Longoria hammered a pitch by closer Huston Street (0-2) over the left-center field wall to set a franchise record with his fifth walk-off home run. James Loney also hit a two-run homer and Cesar Ramos (1-0) did not allow a hit over 2 1/3 innings to get the victory.

Jesus Guzman belted a pinch-hit grand slam and Carlos Quentin followed with a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning as San Diego took a 7-6 lead. Tampa Bay starter Jeremy Hellickson retired 16 straight batters before a walk and two singles loaded the bases for Guzman’s first slam on a 3-2 changeup.

Chase Headley drilled a two-run homer as the Padres took a 2-0 lead in the first inning for the second straight night. But San Diego starter Burch Smith, making his major-league debut, retired only three batters and was touched up for six runs on five hits and two walks.

Smith struck out two in a perfect first inning, but allowed the first seven batters to reach in the second before leaving. Loney hammered a two-run homer to tie the game before Yunel Escobar added a two-run single, Matt Joyce delivered an RBI double and Kelly Johnson hit a sacrifice fly for a 6-2 lead.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay CF Desmond Jennings missed his second straight game with a slight groin injury. … The Padres have struck out 29 times in the first two games of the series – including a season-high 18 on Friday. … Hellickson gave up six hits and six runs while striking out eight, failing to win or finish seven innings for the fourth straight start.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   Tampa Bay
Burch Smith Player Jeremy Hellickson
No Decision W/L No Decision
1.0 IP 6.2
2 Strikeouts 8
5 Hits 6
54.00 ERA 8.10
Hitting
San Diego   Tampa Bay
Jesus Guzman Player Yunel Escobar
1 Hits 2
4 RBI 2
1 HR 0
4 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 6 2 12 .176 7 11 7 3 1 1
Tampa Bay 10 2 18 .294 12 6 8 4 0 1