Sonnanstine Leads Rays Past Jays For Sweep

Tampa Bay stays magical in Disney World
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:22 PM CDT
Sonnanstine Leads Rays Past Jays For Sweep
Tampa Bay Rays' Dioner Navarro drives in a run on a base hit in the fifth inning.   (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Four different players drove in runs to back the pitching of Andy Sonnanstine and help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Thursday night for a three-game sweep of a home-away-from-home series at Disney World. Evan Longoria tripled and had a sacrifice fly for Tampa Bay, which got two RBIs from Eric Hinske.

The Rays swept a "home" series for the first time since beating Texas three straight at Disney last May. The Rays improved to 6-0 in regular-season games they've played here in an ongoing effort to bolster fan support in the Orlando area, which is about 90 miles east of the team's domed stadium in St. Petersburg. (More baseball stories.)

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