ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: David Price allowed one unearned run while pitching into the ninth inning and Johnny Damon got his 2,600th career hit as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Thursday. Price (4-3) is undefeated against the Blue Jays, winning eight times in nine starts. The left-hander allowed four hits and struck out 10 over 8 2-3 innings. Damon had two hits, which moved him past Steve Garvey (2,599) into 75th place on the career list. His fifth-inning double (490) tied him for 59th place with Mickey Vernon on that list. The Rays won their 12th consecutive home series over Toronto, since 2007. John Jaso had an RBI double, Damon drove in a run with an infield single and Matt Joyce hit a sacrifice fly off Kyle Drabek (2-2) to put the Rays ahead 3-0 in the third. Royals 9, Orioles 1: At Kansas City, Missouri, Melky Cabrera homered, doubled and singled while driving in four runs, and Bruce Chen allowed one run in seven innings as Kansas City trounced Baltimore. Cabrera, who also scored three times, hit a solo homer in the eighth off Clay Rapada. Chen (4-1) gave up his only run in the first and then pitched shutout ball for the next six innings. The left-hander, who was KC's biggest winner last year, allowed five hits and one run, walking two and striking out five. He has not lost a start in Kauffman Stadium since Aug. 12, 2010, against the Yankees. Since then, he's 6-0 in nine starts at home. Elsewhere it was: Tigers 6, Yankees 3; Angels 11, Red Sox 0; Indians 4, Athletics 3, 12 innings; Mariners 3, Rangers 1. Braves beat Brewers Martin Prado hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 Thursday to complete a four-game series sweep. Prado led off against Kameron Loe (2-3) with his third homer. Prado was Loe's first batter in relief of Shaun Marcum, who pitched seven strong innings. Milwaukee has a six-game losing streak. Atlanta has won five straight. Jonny Venters (2-0) worked the eighth and Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save. Atlanta's Eric Hinske, making only his third start of the season at first base, homered. Braves rookie Brandon Beachy yielded an unearned run in six innings. Marcum gave up five hits and a walk. He finished with eight strikeouts. In other games it was: Phillies 7, Nationals 3; Cardinals 6, Marlins 3; Reds 10, Astros 4; Mets 5, Giants 2; Diamondbacks 3, Rockies 2, 11 innings.
