ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Surging Evan Longoria and slumping Corey Dickerson helped the Tampa Bay Rays get a nice comeback victory.
Longoria and Dickerson had three RBI apiece and the Rays rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Tuesday night.
"That was an awesome win," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We haven't had too many like that."
Tampa Bay, 4-22 when trailing after six innings, has won eight of 10 overall. It matched the Rays' biggest comeback win this season, which came April 21, at Boston.
Longoria's seventh homer in his last 10 games, a three-run shot off Nick Vincent, tied it at 7 in the seventh. Mike Montgomery (2-2) entered and walked two straight before Dickerson's RBI single put Tampa Bay ahead 8-7.
"We never gave up," Dickerson said, "We kept battling."
Dickerson has just seven hits in June despite Tuesday being his second three-hit performance of the month.
Ryan Garton (1-0) got the final two outs in the seventh for his first major league win. Xavier Cedeno had a perfect eighth before Alex Colome worked the ninth to get his 19th save in as many chances.
Mariners starter Taijuan Walker left with one out in the fourth with what the team said was aggravation of his right Achilles tendon.
"It's a tendon or something in the side of his foot," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "He's got some tendinitis in there. Right now we're hopeful he's going to make his next start but we'll see how he is over the next couple of days."
After Steve Pearce's solo homer, Walker looked to be in discomfort after delivering a pitch that Dickerson hit for a triple.
"It just popped up again," said Walker, who first felt discomfort in the second inning. "Hopefully I'll get it taken care of and make my next start."
Rays starter Jake Odorizzi was ejected by plate umpire Jerry Meals in the sixth after Leonys Martin drew a two-out walk on a close pitch.
Tampa Bay right fielder Steven Souza Jr. left in the seventh with left hip soreness after making a diving attempt on Nelson Cruz's single.
"X-rays were negative," Souza said. "We'll just come in (Wednesday) and see how I feel."
Souza's replacement, Taylor Motter, made a nice catch at the wall later in the seventh on Adam Lind's bases-loaded sacrifice fly before Norichika Aoki's RBI grounder gave the Mariners a 7-4 lead.
Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer during a four-run second for the Mariners.
Dickerson, who hit a grand slam off Walker in the right-hander's only other start against Tampa Bay on May 11, had a two-run drive in the bottom of the second.
Walker allowed four runs and three hits, while Odorizzi gave up five runs and eight hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: Cash said there will be a meeting in the next couple days to set up a batting practice schedule for RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery). ... CF Desmond Jennings (left quadriceps tightness) was in the lineup. He went 0 for 3. ... CF Kevin Kiermaier (broken left hand) is set to start hand strengthening exercises.
SPECIAL EVENT
The Rays are dedicating their annual Pride Night to the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando. Open seats for Friday night's game against San Francisco will be available for $5 with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting the Pulse Victims Fund.
LEADING OFF
Martin, who returned Friday from a strained left hamstring, hit leadoff and had a two-run double in the second. "He looks like he's got his legs back under him," Servais said. "Put him at the top of the lineup and go from there. He was certainly kind of headed that way before the injury." Aoki has batted leadoff 50 times this season.
UP NEXT
Rays: LHP Drew Smyly (2-7) will face Seattle on Wednesday night on nine days' rest.
Mariners: Former Tampa Bay RHP Nathan Karns (5-2) starts for Seattle.
Seattle Mariners
Longoria and Dickerson had three RBI apiece and the Rays rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Tuesday night.
"That was an awesome win," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We haven't had too many like that."
Tampa Bay, 4-22 when trailing after six innings, has won eight of 10 overall. It matched the Rays' biggest comeback win this season, which came April 21, at Boston.
Longoria's seventh homer in his last 10 games, a three-run shot off Nick Vincent, tied it at 7 in the seventh. Mike Montgomery (2-2) entered and walked two straight before Dickerson's RBI single put Tampa Bay ahead 8-7.
"We never gave up," Dickerson said, "We kept battling."
Dickerson has just seven hits in June despite Tuesday being his second three-hit performance of the month.
Ryan Garton (1-0) got the final two outs in the seventh for his first major league win. Xavier Cedeno had a perfect eighth before Alex Colome worked the ninth to get his 19th save in as many chances.
Mariners starter Taijuan Walker left with one out in the fourth with what the team said was aggravation of his right Achilles tendon.
"It's a tendon or something in the side of his foot," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "He's got some tendinitis in there. Right now we're hopeful he's going to make his next start but we'll see how he is over the next couple of days."
After Steve Pearce's solo homer, Walker looked to be in discomfort after delivering a pitch that Dickerson hit for a triple.
"It just popped up again," said Walker, who first felt discomfort in the second inning. "Hopefully I'll get it taken care of and make my next start."
Rays starter Jake Odorizzi was ejected by plate umpire Jerry Meals in the sixth after Leonys Martin drew a two-out walk on a close pitch.
Tampa Bay right fielder Steven Souza Jr. left in the seventh with left hip soreness after making a diving attempt on Nelson Cruz's single.
"X-rays were negative," Souza said. "We'll just come in (Wednesday) and see how I feel."
Souza's replacement, Taylor Motter, made a nice catch at the wall later in the seventh on Adam Lind's bases-loaded sacrifice fly before Norichika Aoki's RBI grounder gave the Mariners a 7-4 lead.
Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer during a four-run second for the Mariners.
Dickerson, who hit a grand slam off Walker in the right-hander's only other start against Tampa Bay on May 11, had a two-run drive in the bottom of the second.
Walker allowed four runs and three hits, while Odorizzi gave up five runs and eight hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: Cash said there will be a meeting in the next couple days to set up a batting practice schedule for RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery). ... CF Desmond Jennings (left quadriceps tightness) was in the lineup. He went 0 for 3. ... CF Kevin Kiermaier (broken left hand) is set to start hand strengthening exercises.
SPECIAL EVENT
The Rays are dedicating their annual Pride Night to the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando. Open seats for Friday night's game against San Francisco will be available for $5 with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting the Pulse Victims Fund.
LEADING OFF
Martin, who returned Friday from a strained left hamstring, hit leadoff and had a two-run double in the second. "He looks like he's got his legs back under him," Servais said. "Put him at the top of the lineup and go from there. He was certainly kind of headed that way before the injury." Aoki has batted leadoff 50 times this season.
UP NEXT
Rays: LHP Drew Smyly (2-7) will face Seattle on Wednesday night on nine days' rest.
Mariners: Former Tampa Bay RHP Nathan Karns (5-2) starts for Seattle.
7:10PM,EDT,June 14,2016
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Seattle - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Martín struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Smith grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Canó struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Cruz doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager homered to left center (402 feet), Cruz scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Lind grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Iannetta walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Aoki reached on bunt single to third, Iannetta to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Martín doubled to deep right center, Iannetta and Aoki scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Martín caught stealing third, pitcher to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Morrison struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Pearce safe at first on error by shortstop Marte. | 4 | 0 |
| Dickerson homered to right (442 feet), Pearce scored. | 4 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to right. | 4 | 2 |
| Jennings walked. | 4 | 2 |
| Casali grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Jennings out at second. | 4 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Smith hit a ground rule double to left. | 4 | 2 |
| Canó struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Cruz singled to center, Smith scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Lind lined out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Forsythe grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 2 |
| Miller grounded out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Longoria flied out to right. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Iannetta walked. | 5 | 2 |
| Aoki hit a ground rule double to left, Iannetta to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Marte grounded out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Martín struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Smith struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Morrison popped out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Pearce homered to left (381 feet). | 5 | 3 |
| Dickerson tripled to deep left. | 5 | 3 |
| Diaz relieved Walker. | 5 | 3 |
| Dickerson scored on Iannetta's passed ball. | 5 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. singled to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Jennings grounded out to pitcher, Souza Jr. to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Casali struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Canó singled to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Cruz walked, Canó to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Lind flied out to center, Canó to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Iannetta flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Edwin Diaz pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Miller flied out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Aoki grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Marte struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Martín walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay's J Odorizzi ejected by J Meals in the 6th. | 5 | 4 |
| Eveland relieved Odorizzi. | 5 | 4 |
| Martín stole second. | 5 | 4 |
| Smith struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Edwin Diaz pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Pearce grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Dana Eveland pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Canó singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Cruz singled to right, Canó to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Motter in right field. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager walked, Canó to third, Cruz to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Lind hit sacrifice fly to right, Canó scored, Cruz to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Garton relieved Eveland. | 6 | 4 |
| Seager stole second. | 6 | 4 |
| Iannetta walked. | 6 | 4 |
| Aoki grounded out to shortstop, Cruz scored, Seager to third, Iannetta to second. | 7 | 4 |
| Marte grounded out to second. | 7 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Nick Vincent pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Vincent relieved Diaz. | 7 | 4 |
| Jennings lined out to right. | 7 | 4 |
| Casali singled to left. | 7 | 4 |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 7 | 4 |
| Miller walked, Casali to second. | 7 | 4 |
| Longoria homered to left center (415 feet), Casali and Miller scored. | 7 | 7 |
| Montgomery relieved Vincent. | 7 | 7 |
| Morrison walked. | 7 | 7 |
| Pearce walked, Morrison to second. | 7 | 7 |
| Dickerson singled to left center, Morrison scored, Pearce to third, Dickerson thrown out at second attempting to advance on play. | 7 | 8 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Xavier Cedeno pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Mahtook in left field. | 7 | 8 |
| Cedeño relieved Garton. | 7 | 8 |
| Martín grounded out to second. | 7 | 8 |
| Gutiérrez hit for Smith. | 7 | 8 |
| Gutiérrez grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 8 |
| Canó lined out to center. | 7 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Steve Johnson pitching for Seattle | SEA | TB |
| Gutiérrez in right field. | 7 | 8 |
| Johnson relieved Montgomery. | 7 | 8 |
| Motter fouled out to third. | 7 | 8 |
| Jennings struck out swinging. | 7 | 8 |
| Casali singled to center. | 7 | 8 |
| Forsythe singled to left, Casali to second. | 7 | 8 |
| Miller popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | SEA | TB |
| Colomé relieved Cedeño. | 7 | 8 |
| Cruz struck out swinging. | 7 | 8 |
| Seager walked. | 7 | 8 |
| Lind grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Seager out at second. | 7 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Seattle Mariners
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martín CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .248 | .324 | .472 |
| Smith RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .255 | .364 | .400 |
a-Gutiérrez PH-RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .235 | .321 | .429 |
| Canó 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .297 | .350 | .570 |
| Cruz DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .301 | .385 | .538 |
| Seager 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | .280 | .359 | .515 |
| Lind 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .241 | .277 | .414 |
| Iannetta C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | .231 | .340 | .388 |
| Aoki LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .243 | .325 | .319 |
| Marte SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .273 | .301 | .366 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 170 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for S Smith in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Cruz (11, Odorizzi); Martín (6, Odorizzi); Smith (6, Odorizzi); Aoki (8, Odorizzi) HR: Seager (12, 2nd inning off Odorizzi 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Seager 2 (44), Martín 2 (23), Cruz (44), Lind (26), Aoki (11) SF: Lind 2-out RBI: Martín 2 GIDP: Lind Mariners RISP: 3-14 (Iannetta 0-1, Cruz 1-1, Lind 0-1, Martín 1-2, Smith 0-2, Canó 0-1, Aoki 0-1, Marte 0-3, Seager 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Martín (9, 2nd base off Eveland/Casali); Seager (1, 2nd base off Garton/Casali) CS: Martín (4, 3rd base by Odorizzi) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Marte (8, ground ball) PB: Iannetta. Outfield Assist: Aoki (Dickerson at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| RF SOUZA JR. (LEFT HIP SORENESS) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH |
| SP ODORIZZI EJECTED TOP 6TH (ARGUING BALLS & STRIKES) |
| SP WALKER (RIGHT ACHILLES) LEFT GAME BOT 4TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 11,455 (36.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:12 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jerry Meals, First Base - Sean Barber, Second Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Chris Conroy |
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