BALTIMORE (AP) -- Matt Joyce homered twice, had a career-high five hits and drove in four runs to power the Tampa Bay Rays past the Baltimore Orioles 12-7 Sunday.Tampa Bay totaled 11 extra base hits - five homers and six doubles. The Rays trailed 4-3 before Kevin Kiermaier and Logan Forsythe went deep during a seven-run sixth inning that sent many in the crowd of 32,665 scattering toward the exits.Joyce doubled in the first inning, hit a solo shot in the third, singled in both the fifth and sixth innings and added a two-run drive in the seventh. His five hits and 12 total bases tied club records. 
Although the Orioles finally got Joyce out in the ninth with the outcome already decided, his 5-for-6 performance upped his batting average 15 points to .274.Ben Zobrist also homered for the Rays, who took three of from Baltimore after starting the series with a 1-7 record against their AL East rivals. The 12 runs were Tampa Bay's second-most this season behind a 16-run outburst on April 19 against the Yankees.Alex Cobb (3-6) got the win despite giving up four runs and eight hits in five innings.Manny Machado and Ryan Flaherty homered for the Orioles. Flaherty hit a three-run drive in the ninth to snap an 0-for-16 skid.The game turned in the seventh, when the Rays set season highs with seven runs and seven hits. After Kiermaier homered off Evan Meek (0-3), Joyce singled in a run and James Loney delivered a two-run double. Brandon Guyer followed with an RBI double and Forsythe capped the barrage with a two-run homer off Brian Matusz.In the eighth, Joyce hit a shot to right to make it 12-4 and complete his third career two-homer game. Coming in, he had three home runs this season - none since May 11.The 12 runs and 18 hits were the most allowed by Baltimore this season.Tampa Bay went up 1-0 in the first inning when Desmond Jennings walked and scored on a double by Zobrist, who was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.After Joyce homered in the third, Nick Markakis doubled in the bottom half and came home on a two-out single by Steve Pearce.Machado put Baltimore up 3-2 with a two-run drive in the fourth. After Zobrist connected in the fifth to tie it, Tampa Bay loaded the bases before Meek replaced starter Miguel Gonzalez and struck out Forsythe.Gonzalez gave up three runs and eight hits in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing in seven starts since May 5.Baltimore took the lead for the last time when Markakis scored on a passed ball to make it 4-3 in the sixth.
Although the Orioles finally got Joyce out in the ninth with the outcome already decided, his 5-for-6 performance upped his batting average 15 points to .274.Ben Zobrist also homered for the Rays, who took three of from Baltimore after starting the series with a 1-7 record against their AL East rivals. The 12 runs were Tampa Bay's second-most this season behind a 16-run outburst on April 19 against the Yankees.Alex Cobb (3-6) got the win despite giving up four runs and eight hits in five innings.Manny Machado and Ryan Flaherty homered for the Orioles. Flaherty hit a three-run drive in the ninth to snap an 0-for-16 skid.The game turned in the seventh, when the Rays set season highs with seven runs and seven hits. After Kiermaier homered off Evan Meek (0-3), Joyce singled in a run and James Loney delivered a two-run double. Brandon Guyer followed with an RBI double and Forsythe capped the barrage with a two-run homer off Brian Matusz.In the eighth, Joyce hit a shot to right to make it 12-4 and complete his third career two-homer game. Coming in, he had three home runs this season - none since May 11.The 12 runs and 18 hits were the most allowed by Baltimore this season.Tampa Bay went up 1-0 in the first inning when Desmond Jennings walked and scored on a double by Zobrist, who was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.After Joyce homered in the third, Nick Markakis doubled in the bottom half and came home on a two-out single by Steve Pearce.Machado put Baltimore up 3-2 with a two-run drive in the fourth. After Zobrist connected in the fifth to tie it, Tampa Bay loaded the bases before Meek replaced starter Miguel Gonzalez and struck out Forsythe.Gonzalez gave up three runs and eight hits in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing in seven starts since May 5.Baltimore took the lead for the last time when Markakis scored on a passed ball to make it 4-3 in the sixth.
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