Rays Win Opening Day 2010

The Tampa Bay Rays have won Opening Day 2010.  And boy, what a finish.

The Rays were down 3 – 1 until the bottom of the sixth when Evan Longoria hit a solo homer into the upper deck.  The blast was estimated at 473 feet, the third longest home run at Tropicana Field.  Longoria’s homer brought the score to 3 – 2.

Then with two outs in the ninth they loaded the bases.   That’s when left fielder Carl Crawford hit a single that drove in two runs to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4 – 3.

Here’s something you don’t see every game:  Every Ray got at least one hit tonight, three of them got two hits.

Way to go Rays!

Now rest up.  Game 2 is tomorrow.