ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -AP- Miguel Gonzalez pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning, Steve Pearce drove in two runs and Baltimore beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 Saturday night in a relocated Orioles home game.It was the second game of a three-game series that was moved from Camden Yards to Tropicana Field after rioting broke out in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody after suffering a spinal cord injury.Gonzalez (3-1) struck out six and walked one in 7 2/3 innings. 
Brad Brach replaced Gonzalez with two on and two outs in the eighth and retired Steven Souza Jr. on a foul pop fly. The right-hander also pitched the ninth for his first save, completing the four-hitter.After Chris Davis had a two-out RBI single in the third, Pearce made it 3-0 on his two-run double off Chris Archer (3-3), who had allowed just one unearned run in 26 2/3 innings over his previous four starts.The Orioles went up 4-0 on Caleb Joseph's sixth-inning solo homer.Archer, 1-4 in seven games against Baltimore, gave up four runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked four.Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado saved a run during the third when he barehanded a two-out bunt with a runner on third and threw out the speedy Souza at first base.After a turnout of 9,945 Friday for Tampa Bay's 2-0 win, Saturday's announced crowd was 12,789. The Rays are averaging 17,545 in home attendance this year.
Brad Brach replaced Gonzalez with two on and two outs in the eighth and retired Steven Souza Jr. on a foul pop fly. The right-hander also pitched the ninth for his first save, completing the four-hitter.After Chris Davis had a two-out RBI single in the third, Pearce made it 3-0 on his two-run double off Chris Archer (3-3), who had allowed just one unearned run in 26 2/3 innings over his previous four starts.The Orioles went up 4-0 on Caleb Joseph's sixth-inning solo homer.Archer, 1-4 in seven games against Baltimore, gave up four runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked four.Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado saved a run during the third when he barehanded a two-out bunt with a runner on third and threw out the speedy Souza at first base.After a turnout of 9,945 Friday for Tampa Bay's 2-0 win, Saturday's announced crowd was 12,789. The Rays are averaging 17,545 in home attendance this year.
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