Mora's late-game RBI sinks Rays

<p><em></em>BALTIMORE - Melvin Mora singled in the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame three Tampa Bay homers and a four-run deficit in a 6-5 victory Wednesday night.</p><p>Baltimore trailed 5-1 in the fifth before rallying to hand the Devil Rays their season-high sixth straight loss. Tampa Bay is 1-8 on a 10-game road trip that ends today.</p><p>Luis Matos, who entered as a pinch runner in the eighth inning, led off the 11th with a single off Tyler Walker (1-3). After Nick Markakis laid down a sacrifice bunt, Brian Roberts lined out to left before Mora hit a hooking liner to left that bounced off the wall.</p><p>Sendy Rleal (1-1) pitched two innings of one-hit ball to earn his first major league victory. Five Baltimore relievers combined to blank Tampa Bay on three hits over the final six innings.</p><p>Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer, and Toby Hall and Damon Hollins added solo shots for the Devil Rays. All three connected off Bruce Chen, who has yielded a major league-high 17 home runs this season - including seven in two starts against Tampa Bay.</p><p>Making his major league debut, Devil Rays starter James Shields allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked three.</p><p>Down 5-1, the Orioles pulled even with a four-run fifth. Jeff Conine received credit for a double when center fielder Joey Gathright lost his fly ball in the lights, and Kevin Millar followed with an RBI double before Markakis and Ramon Hernandez delivered run-scoring singles.</p><p>Shields ended his stint on a positive note by retiring Conine on a fly ball with the bases loaded and two outs.</p><p>The rally enabled Chen to avoid falling to 0-6. The left-hander allowed five runs in four innings, a performance that lifted his ERA to 7.71.</p><p>Crawford gave Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead in the third inning with his fifth homer, a drive that cleared the 25-foot scoreboard in right.</p><p>Conine doubled and scored on a single by Markakis in the bottom half, but Hall and Hollins connected in the fourth to put the Devil Rays up 5-1. It was Hall's seventh homer and Hollins' sixth, the second in two nights.</p><p><li>RED SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 6:</p><p>David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez homered and rookie closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 19th save in as many chances as the visiting Boston Red Sox avoided a three-game sweep with a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.</p><p><li>MARINERS 14, RANGERS 5:</p><p>Raul Ibanez homered and drove in four runs and visiting Seattle ended a season-high six-game losing streak with a victory.</p><p>Seattle built a 7-0 lead and had 11 hits in 2 2-3 innings against rookie left-hander John Koronka (4-3). The Mariners finished with 18 hits, all but one singles.</p><p><li>ATHLETICS 7, ROYALS 0:</p><p>Jason Kendall hit his first home run in nearly two years and Frank Thomas hit the 459th of his career to lead the host Athletics.</p><p><li>INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 0:</p><p>Jake Westbrook shut out Chicago for seven innings and host Cleveland's bullpen didn't allow a run for a second straight game, giving the Indians a victory.</p><p><li>YANKEES 6, TIGERS 1:</p><p>Mike Mussina threw his first complete game of the season to lead visiting New York to a third straight win over the team with the best record in the majors.</p><p></p>