Evan Longoria's two-run single in the first off Ubaldo Jimenez got the Rays started. Logan Morrison drove him home with a triple to center then scored on a groundout to put the Rays up 4-0. That inning seemed to open the floodgates for a potent offense that feasts on mistakes.
Jimenez did not make it out of the third, exiting after 2 1/3 innings following two-run homers by Shane Peterson and Derek Norris to put the Rays up 9-2.
The Rays hit three home runs, clubbed 11 hits, and scored four or more runs in three innings.