Rays Defeat Orioles 3-0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Jeremy Hellickson threw a four-hitter, Matt Joyce and Johnny Damon homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 on Friday night. 

Hellickson (4-2) struck out three and walked one in his first career complete game. The right-hander retired his final 13 hitters. 

Joyce put the Rays up with a two-run homer off Jeremy Guthrie (1-6) in the second inning. He had two hits and is 23 for 48 with five homers and 13 RBIs over his last 14 games. 

Damon made it 3-0 with a solo homer in the eighth inning. He broke a tie for 73rd place on the all-time hit list with Tim Raines and Rabbit Maranville with his 2,606th hit. 

Guthrie gave up three runs and seven hits in his first complete game of the season, but fell to 0-6 in his last seven starts since beating the Rays on opening day. The Orioles have scored six runs over the seven-start stretch while he was in the game. 

The Rays improved to 10-10 at home this season and Tampa Bay is 13-5 on the road. 

Baltimore was bidding for its second four-game winning streak this season. 

Hellickson worked out of a two-on, two-out jam in both the fourth and fifth innings. Adam Jones ended the fourth with a grounder, while Brian Roberts flied out for the final out in the fifth. 

Guthrie has lost two of three starts this season against Tampa Bay, including an 8-2 defeat to Hellickson and the Rays last Saturday. 

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