Rays rally from seven-run deficit
B.J. Upton’s ninth-inning homer against Luis Vizcaino capped the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history and gave the Rays an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
The defending American League champions fell behind 7-0 before coming back with plenty of help from the last-place Indians.
The Rays scored two runs on throwing errors and a third on a wild pitch before Ben Zobrist led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo homer that made it 7-7.
Upton led off the ninth with his first homer on a 3-and-2 pitch
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