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MLB: Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3 (13 inn.)

PITTSBURGH, June 29 (UPI) -- Jason Bay belted a solo home run in the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over Tampa Bay 4-3.

Bay crushed an offering from losing pitcher Jason Hammel (3-3) into left-center field to end the game and give the Pirates just their second win in the last five games. It was his only hit in six at-bats.

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Three others had one RBI for Pittsburgh, while both the Pirates' Xavier Nady and Jose Bautista had two hits.

The winner was John Van Benschoten (1-2), who pitched a scoreless 13th.

Tampa Bay's Jonny Gomes, Evan Longoria and Dioner Navarro all had one RBI, with Gomes drilling a pinch-hit homer in the top of the eighth.

Jason Bartlett was the only player with two hits for the Rays, whose four-game winning streak ended.

The contest was delayed 42 minutes by rain.

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