ST. PETERBURG, Fla. -AP- Joe Panik had four RBI, including a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth inning that sent the San Francisco Giants to their seventh straight win, 6-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.Panik's two-out drive off Alex Colome (1-2) helped lift the NL West leaders to a season-high 17 games over .500.The Giants pulled even at 3 on Brandon Crawford's two-out RBI single in the eighth off Erasmo Ramirez. 
Hunter Strickland (3-0) worked of a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth to get the win. Cory Gearrin allowed Logan Forsythe's solo homer in the ninth before getting his second save.Tampa Bay also got solo homers from Evan Longoria, Brad Millerand Logan Morrison.Morrison made it 3-1 on a fourth-inning solo shot.San Francisco loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth but scored just once to get within 3-2 when Panik was hit by a pitch from Matt Moore.Moore gave up a leadoff double in the seventh to Trevor Brown and was replaced by Xavier Cedeno, who worked out of trouble.Moore, starting on his 27th birthday, allowed two runs and six hits over six-plus innings.Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead on Miller's solo drive in the third. Longoria put the Rays up 1-0 in the first on his eighth homer in his last 13 games.The Giants tied it at 1 on Matt Duffy's second-inning homer.San Francisco rookie Albert Suarez, a Tampa Bay minor leaguer from 2008-14, allowed three runs and five hits over 4 2/3 innings in his third start and ninth appearance.The teams wore retro 1970s uniforms as part of Turn Back the Clock day at Tropicana Field.
Hunter Strickland (3-0) worked of a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth to get the win. Cory Gearrin allowed Logan Forsythe's solo homer in the ninth before getting his second save.Tampa Bay also got solo homers from Evan Longoria, Brad Millerand Logan Morrison.Morrison made it 3-1 on a fourth-inning solo shot.San Francisco loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth but scored just once to get within 3-2 when Panik was hit by a pitch from Matt Moore.Moore gave up a leadoff double in the seventh to Trevor Brown and was replaced by Xavier Cedeno, who worked out of trouble.Moore, starting on his 27th birthday, allowed two runs and six hits over six-plus innings.Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead on Miller's solo drive in the third. Longoria put the Rays up 1-0 in the first on his eighth homer in his last 13 games.The Giants tied it at 1 on Matt Duffy's second-inning homer.San Francisco rookie Albert Suarez, a Tampa Bay minor leaguer from 2008-14, allowed three runs and five hits over 4 2/3 innings in his third start and ninth appearance.The teams wore retro 1970s uniforms as part of Turn Back the Clock day at Tropicana Field.
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