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MLB: Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 2

TORONTO, June 6 (UPI) -- Carl Crawford put Tampa Bay in front with a three-run, fourth-inning double Wednesday and the Devil Rays went on to down Toronto 6-2.

The Tampa Bay bullpen threw four shutout innings after blowing a five-run, ninth-inning lead 24 hours earlier. Brian Stokes, Shawn Camp, Casey Fossum and Gary Glover combined on the relief performance that gave the Devil Rays their third win in four outings.

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Scott Kazmir (4-3) picked up the victory, giving up two runs on six hits. The Devil Rays pounded out 13 hits, three of them from Brendan Harris.

Toronto had a three-game winning streak snapped. Tomo Ohka (2-5) gave up five runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season.

Dioner Navarro, B.J. Upton and Harris all singled in the fourth. Brian Tallet them relieved Ohka and Crawford promptly doubled to clear the bases.

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