BALTIMORE, May 18 (UPI) -- Greg Vaughn, who had not hit a home run since last Aug. 5, connected twice Saturday night, including a tiebreaking two-run shot in the top of the ninth, as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays rallied to defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-4.
With the game tied, 3-3, entering the ninth, Randy Winn drew a leadoff walk from Rick Bauer (1-2). Buddy Groom replaced Bauer and struck out Steve Cox and Ben Grieve.
Closer Jorge Julio came on and Vaughn hit his 2-1 offering over the left field wall for his 30th career mutli-homer game.
Tampa Bay reliever Esteban Yan surrendered a home run to Gary Matthews Jr. -- his first as an Oriole -- and a single to Geronimo Gil before retiring the next two batters for his seventh save of the campaign.
Doug Creek (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the victory.
Baltimore scored a run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead. Jeff Conine had a sacrifice fly in the first, Jerry Hairston an RBI single in the second and Jay Gibbons a sacrifice fly in the third.
Tampa Bay got within 3-2 in the fourth on solo shot by Vaughn -- his first in 222 at-bats -- and an RBI single by Brent Abernathy, and tied the game on a single by John Flaherty an inning later.
Devil Rays starter Paul Wilson yielded three runs and seven hits over eight innings.
Baltimore's Sidney Ponson allowed three runs and 10 hits in six innings.
