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Bullpen gives up four runs as Braves fall to Rays in 10 innings

AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves center fielder Guillermo Heredia can't get to a ball hit for a double by the Tampa Bay Rays' Taylor Walls in the fourth inning of Friday night's game.
AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves center fielder Guillermo Heredia can't get to a ball hit for a double by the Tampa Bay Rays' Taylor Walls in the fourth inning of Friday night's game. AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves center fielder Guillermo Heredia can't get to a ball hit for a double by the Tampa Bay Rays' Taylor Walls in the fourth inning of Friday night's game.

By CHARLES ODUM / The Associated Press 4 min read

ATLANTA – Austin Meadows and the Tampa Bay Rays keep finding ways to rally for wins.

Brett Phillips went from second base to home plate for the tiebreaking run on Meadows’ single in the top of the 10th inning, and the Rays held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Friday night in the first game for both after the All-Star break.

After trailing 6-4, the Rays pulled even in the eighth. Meadows, an Atlanta-area native, had an RBI single in that two-run rally.

“That’s just kind of the Rays’ way,” Meadows said. “We never quit and we’re never down.”

Rays manager Kevin Cash said Meadows, who drove in three runs with two hits, “really picked us up in a big way. The eighth inning … he really came through and then he came through again.”