Burell goes yard again

ST. PETERSBURG — Pat Burrell homered on consecutive days for the second time in his last 10 games when he drove a towering shot into the left-field seats during the fourth inning Wednesday for the first run of the Tampa Bay Rays’ 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The homer game with two outs and was significant in that it came on the first pitch. Baltimore pitcher Chris Tillman got two quick outs. Normally, Burrell would take a pitch or two to give his pitcher more time in the dugout. But when walking to the plate, Rays catcher Gregg Zaun told Burrell to “go for it.”

Burrell has five home runs in his last 10 games. In the two games since missing a pair of games because of a stiff neck, Burrell has four hits, including two home runs.



(bradenton.com)