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Friday, Apr. 28 10:05pm ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Greg Vaughn broke out of a 4-for-33 slump with two home runs and four RBI Friday night, leading a 19-hit attack as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Anaheim Angels 11-2. Vaughn tied a career best with his fourth four-hit game and also matched a Devil Rays record for hits in one game. The 19 hits, off five Angels pitchers, are the most the third-year team has had in a nine-inning game -- and the most ever in a road game. Miguel Cairo had three hits and John Flaherty had a pair of RBI singles to help right-hander Esteban Yan (1-1) win for the first time in eight starts in the majors. The converted reliever allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, after being pummeled for 20 earned runs and 23 hits over 14 2/3 innings in his previous three starts. The Devil Rays built a 6-0 lead in the first two innings against Jason Dickson (2-2). The right-hander gave up seven hits and retired only three of the 13 batters he faced -- one on a double play. He was forced out of the game by a strained right hip flexor after making 40 pitches. After Fred McGriff's two-out RBI double in the first opened the scoring, Vinny Castilla and Flaherty followed with RBI singles. Vaughn, trying to join McGriff and teammate Jose Canseco as the only players in major league history to hit at least 30 homers in a season for three teams, made it 6-0 with a three-run shot into the left-field bullpen after a leadoff double by Cairo and a walk to Dave Martinez. Vaughn led off the sixth against Derrick Turnbow with his seventh homer and 299th of his career, giving the Devil Rays a 9-2 cushion. The 12-year veteran, who signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent in December after hitting 95 homers over the previous two seasons with San Diego and Cincinnati, recorded his 26th multihomer game. Turnbow surrendered three more hits in the sixth, including an RBI single by Flaherty that made it 10-2. He walked the next two batters to force in another run. The Angels scored their runs in the second inning, as Garret Anderson dueled Yan through 12 pitches before driving the 13th to right-center for his fourth homer. It followed a leadoff single by Tim Salmon. The Devil Rays got both runs back in the third against Kent Mercker on a two-run single by Martinez, who has five RBI in his last two games after driving in only seven runs during his first 18 games. Game notesDarin Erstad, hitting a major league-leading .459, singled in the eighth for his 45th hit, breaking the club record for hits in a month set by Anderson in July 1998. ... Yan, whose victory was his ninth in the majors, had surrendered 33 earned runs and 49 hits over 34 2/3 innings in his previous seven starts in the majors. ... The Angels claimed outfielder Scott Morgan off waivers from Cleveland and placed him on the 40-man roster. Outfielder Jeff DaVanon was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL to make room for Morgan. ... Vaughn, McGriff, Castilla and Canseco, who hit a combined 305 homers over the previous two seasons, had been homerless in 30 at-bats against Dickson prior to Vaughn's shot. ... Cairo has struck out only twice in 81 plate appearances, the best ratio in the AL. The Devil Rays are 7-5 with Cairo batting ninth, compared to 0-6 with him in the two hole. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Tampa Bay Clubhouse Anaheim Clubhouse RECAPS Baltimore 4 Texas 3
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