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Rays bats blast Angels 11-1

By Staff | Jun 12, 2009

Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs, and Dioner Navarro homered and had three RBI as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-1 Thursday night.

Navarro homered to lead off the eighth and Pena followed with his 19th homer of the season off Rich Thompson to make it 11-1. Pena also had a third-inning sacrifice fly.

Mired in a 3-for-34 slide, Navarro gave Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead on a two-run double during the fourth.

Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford both hit solo homers for Tampa Bay, which reached the .500 mark (31-31) by winning the final two games of the three-game series.

Ervin Santana (1-3) allowed six runs and eight hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Rays starter David Price left with one out in the fourth because of a high pitch count (105). The first overall pick in the 2007 amateur draft gave up one run, two hits, six walks and had six strikeouts.

Longoria hit his 14th homer of the season to stop an 0-for-19 slide in the fifth, and Crawford went deep one inning later.