to be happy about from a performance stand-point.Overall I think the car is a very good step from last year and I think our performance was probably better than the results we have shown at times but the circumstances havent always been the best, Vettel said. Nevertheless, we cant be proud

BALTIMORE -- A poor start by Yovani Gallardo and an abundance of missed scoring opportunities cost the Baltimore Orioles a chance to enhance their position in the playoff picture.Evan Longoria homered and drove in five runs, and the last-place Tampa Bay Rays again played the spoilers role in a 7-6 victory over the Orioles on Thursday night.Baltimore dropped two games behind AL East-leading Boston and fell even with Toronto in the loss column in the race for the top wild-card spot, pending the Blue Jays late game against the Angels.Gallardo (5-8) gave up six runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.When Orioles manager Buck Showalter emerged from the dugout to pull Gallardo in the fourth, many of the hometown fans cheered. They subsequently booed the right-hander as he walked toward the dugout.In spite of this, Baltimore had runners on the corners with one out in the ninth inning before Alex Colome struck out major league home run leader Mark Trumbo and slugger Chris Davis to earn his 33rd save.Its a tough loss because we fought back and had a chance there at the end, catcher Matt Wieters said.Baltimore went 3 for 15 with runners in scoring position.Tampa Bay has won three straight, including the last two of a three-game series in Toronto. The Rays also defeated the wild-card contending Yankees on Sunday.Its fun that we are playing competitive baseball, Longoria said. Its one thing to go out in a great environment against a team that is a playoff contender, but to be in the game and winning games is the best thing about it.Longoria hit his career high-tying 33rd homer with two on in the first inning and added a two-run single in the fourth to increase his team-high RBI total to 91.Coming off a 6-3 road trip culminated with two successive wins in Boston, the Orioles fell flat against a team they dominated for much of the season. Baltimore is now 11-5 against Tampa Bay, 6-1 at home.First game back home, you obviously want to get home and start off on a good note, Gallardo said. Ive been feeling good my past few starts, and I was just a little off.Although the temperature was a comfortable 72 degrees and the Orioles are in the midst of a playoff push, the game attracted an announced crowd of only 19,233.Longoria put the Rays up 3-0 before Gallardo got an out. In 21 starts this season, hes surrendered 21 earned runs in the first inning.Baltimore answered in the bottom half with a two-run single by Wieters and a two-run double by J.J. Hardy.Tampa Bay pulled even in the second, went ahead in the third and used Longorias two-run single to make it 7-4 in the fourth.Baltimores Nolan Reimold hit into a double play with runners on the corners in the fourth. The Rays worked out of an even bigger jam in the fifth, retiring Manny Machado, Trumbo and Davis with runners at second and third.Brad Boxberger (4-1) got the last two outs in the fifth.Run-scoring groundouts by Hardy and Michael Bourn made it 7-6 in the eighth.Tampa Bay avoided being eliminated from playoff contention, but a Toronto victory against the Angels later Thursday would mathematically end the Rays chances of reaching the postseason.TRAINERS ROOMRays: 1B Nick Franklin left in the fifth inning with a left hamstring strain. Hes day to day, manager Kevin Cash said. ... 1B Logan Morrison will get a second opinion on whether surgery is required for his season-ending left wrist injury. Morrison was injured while taking a swing Sunday and received an MRI this week.Orioles: OF Steve Pearce will be sidelined until the final week of the season, maybe longer, after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection in his throwing arm Wednesday. ... RHP Darren ODay (rotator cuff strain) will throw a simulated game Friday.UP NEXTRays: Chris Archer (8-18, 4.05 ERA) starts Friday night, seeking to pad his AL-leading strikeout total of 217. He also hopes to avoid setting the franchise record for losses in a season. The right-hander is currently tied with Tanyon Sturtze, who lost 18 in 2002.Orioles: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (7-11, 5.98) strives to win his fourth straight start. Hes got a 2.83 ERA in his last four outings.Swell Bottle Wholesale . 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Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Sebastian Vettel admits Ferrari cannot be proud of 2016, but says fans and pundits have not seen the strong way the team has responded to its frustrating year.Ferrari looks likely to finish 2016 without a win to its name for the second time in three years. It came into 2016 with high hopes of a championship challenge but has dropped from second to third in the pecking order behind Red Bull.Vettel admits there is little to be happy about from a performance stand-point.Overall I think the car is a very good step from last year and I think our performance was probably better than the results we have shown at times but the circumstances havent always been the best, Vettel said. Nevertheless, we cant be proud of this year because we came through the season wanting to fight for the championship and we did not soo it is the target for next year, that is very clear.ddddddddddddIt is an enormous challenge for all of the teams including ourselves to get the cars ready for next year with so many changes but that is what we are here for.Vettel is impressed with the attitude he has seen within the team and how Ferrari employees have reacted to adversity, which included parting ways with technical director James Allison mid-way through the season.I think the strongest point we have is the spirit inside the team. Very often this year we might have been criticised but we are working very hard, people are very committed here. I have said many times we wanted something more this year but for many reasons it didnt happen. ' ' '