Kazmir, Rays drop opener By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
Southpaw Scott Kazmir allowed six runs in four-plus innings, and the Devil Rays fell to the host Orioles on Opening Day. Jonny Gomes and Travis Lee each homered for Tampa Bay.
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Orioles 9, Devil Rays 6
Miguel Tejada (left) celebrates with Melvin Mora after Mora's fifth-inning homer. (Nick Wass/Getty Images)
Four homers power Orioles By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
Miguel Tejada, Luis Matos, Melvin Mora and Jeff Conine each hit a home run as the Orioles won their sixth straight Opening Day game. Rodrigo Lopez picked up the win for Baltimore.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: April 03, 2006
Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 6
Today's Boxes 4/3/06
NYM 3, WSH 2
BOS 7, TEX 3
MIL 5, PIT 2
CHC 16, CIN 7
STL 13, PHI 5
COL 3, ARI 2
ATL 11, LAD 10
DET 3, KC 1
LAA 5, SEA 4
HOU 1, FLA 0
SD 6, SF 1
NYY 15, OAK 2
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Standings thru 4/3/06 | Recap: TB | BAL | Gameday | Devil Rays stats | Orioles stats
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo, J , SS2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Ordaz , SS2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Green , SS0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Crawford , LF3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Cantu , 2B3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333
Huff , 3B4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Gomes , DH4 2 2 1 0 1 1 .500
Lee , 1B4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250
Hall , C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hollins , RF3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gathright , CF2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .500
Totals 31 6 7 5 1 2 3
BATTING 2B : Lugo, J (1, Lopez, R).HR : Gomes (1, 2nd inning off Lopez, R, 0 on, 0 out), Lee (1, 6th inning off Lopez, R, 1 on, 2 out).TB : Lugo, J 3; Cantu; Gomes 5; Lee 4; Gathright.RBI : Cantu 2 (2), Cantu 2 (2), Gomes (1), Gomes (1), Cantu 2 (2), Lee 2 (2), Lee 2 (2), Lee 2 (2).2-out RBI : Lee 2.S : Crawford.SF : Cantu.Team LOB : 1.BASERUNNING CS : Gathright (1, 2nd base by Lopez, R/Hernandez, R).FIELDING E : Crawford (1, fielding).DP : 2 (Cantu-Green-Lee, Huff-Cantu).
Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Roberts , 2B4 0 1 0 1 0 4 .250
Matos, L , CF-LF4 2 1 1 1 1 4 .250
Mora , 3B4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .500
Tejada, M , SS5 2 2 1 0 0 4 .400
Gibbons , RF5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .200
Gomez , 1B0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Millar , 1B4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .500
Markakis , RF0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Conine , LF4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .250
Patterson , CF0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lopez, J , DH3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333
Hernandez, R , C3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000
Totals 36 9 14 9 5 4 17
BATTING 2B : Millar (1, Kazmir), Gibbons (1, Lugo, R).3B : Lopez, J (1, Kazmir).HR : Tejada, M (1, 3rd inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 1 out), Matos, L (1, 5th inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out), Mora (1, 5th inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out), Conine (1, 7th inning off Lugo, R, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Roberts; Matos, L 4; Mora 5; Tejada, M 5; Gibbons 2; Millar 3; Conine 4; Lopez, J 3; Hernandez, R 3.RBI : Lopez, J (1), Lopez, J (1), Hernandez, R 2 (2), Hernandez, R 2 (2), Tejada, M (1), Tejada, M (1), Matos, L (1), Matos, L (1), Mora (1), Mora (1), Millar (1), Millar (1), Hernandez, R 2 (2), Gibbons (1), Gibbons (1), Conine (1), Conine (1).2-out RBI : Lopez, J; Hernandez, R 2; Gibbons.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Matos, L; Roberts; Millar.GIDP : Tejada, M.Team LOB : 8.BASERUNNING SB : Matos, L (1, 2nd base off Kazmir/Hall).FIELDING E : Lopez, R (1, throw).
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lopez, R (W, 1-0)7.0 7 6 5 1 2 2 6.43
Hawkins (H, 1)1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ray (S, 1)1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP : Kazmir.Pitches-strikes : Kazmir 104-66, Childers, J 26-15, Lugo, R 28-15, Camp 11-6, Lopez, R 90-64, Hawkins 14-11, Ray 16-9.Ground outs-fly outs : Kazmir 4-4, Childers, J 2-1, Lugo, R 1-3, Camp 4-1, Lopez, R 11-7, Hawkins 2-1, Ray 1-2.Batters faced : Kazmir 22, Childers, J 6, Lugo, R 8, Camp 5, Lopez, R 28, Hawkins 3, Ray 3.Inherited runners-scored : Childers, J 1-1, Camp 1-0.Umpires : HP: Ed Montague. 1B: Jerry Layne. 2B: Mark Wegner. 3B: Marvin Hudson.Weather : 65 degrees, overcast.Wind : 7 mph, R to L.T : 2:48.Att : 46,986.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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