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Monday, May 14, 2012

Zobrist helps Rays avoid sweep against O’s

As puckish Gary Thorne asked yesterday…“How can Ben Zobrist be hitting under .200 yet leading the league in walks? I don’t get it!” (underaware Jim Palmer relentlessly set him straight…)

Ben Zobrist drove in three runs, including an eighth-inning solo homer that proved to be the difference, as the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 9-8, in the finale of a three-game series at Camden Yards.

Elliot Johnson went deep in front of Zobrist in the eighth for Tampa Bay, which avoided being swept in Baltimore for the first time since July 24-26, 2007.

“[The back-to-back homers] helped give us a little bit of breathing room going into the ninth and it turned out we really needed it,” Zobrist said.

Repoz Posted: May 14, 2012 at 05:34 AM | 0 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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