Tampa Bay jumped on Phillies rookie starter and losing pitcher Scott Mathieson (0-1) early for 2 runs in the 1st inning.  When the Phils came back with 2 runs of their own; on back-to-back solo homers off of Tampa Bay starter and winning pitcher Scott Kazmir (8-4) by Abraham Nunez who hit  his 1st of the season and by Sal Fasano (4 HRs),  it looked like this was going to be a ballgame.

However, Tampa Bay came back in the 3rd with a solo homer by centerfielder Rocco Baldelli, his 1st of the season along with his 3 for 5 hitting day, and with a single run in the 6th off of Mathieson.  Then the Devil Rays tagged the Phils bullpen for a 2 run homer by leftfielder Carl Crawford (9 HRs, .313 BA) in the 7th and a solo blast in the 8th by 2nd baseman Jorge Cantu (3 hrs) who also had a 3 for 5 hitting day.  The Phils played errorless ball for a change.

To view the recap and the full boxscore for this game, click here and here.

The Phils hope to snap the losing streak and salvage something to go up against the NY Yankees with from this, yet another disastrous series as Ryan Madison (6-4) goes against Tampa Bay’s Seth McClung (2-9).

For all of the scores, recaps and box scores for today’s games in both leagues, click here.

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