Ty Wigginton helped Tampa Bay snap a season-high, nine-game losing streak Wednesday, hitting a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning in the Devil Rays' 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Greg Norton drew a one-out walk off Rodrigo Lopez (9-17) before Wigginton made it 4-2 with his 21st homer _ the 16th that has either tied a game or put Tampa Bay ahead.

Seth McClung (6-12) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win.

Chris Gomez pulled the Orioles even at 2 in the top of the eighth with an RBI single off Jae Seo. The Tampa Bay starter, who allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings, is 0-1 with seven no decisions in eight starts since July 29.

Wigginton and Jorge Cantu opened the seventh with singles off Hayden Penn, who had gave up one run and one hit through six innings. After Kevin Witt struck out, Dioner Navarro singled to load the bases.

Tomas Perez, mired in a 9-for-62 slide, popped out for the second out. Baldelli then gave the Devil Rays a 2-1 lead on an infield single that went off the glove of a diving Gomez at third. Lopez, the major league loss leader, replaced Penn and got an inning-ending grounder from Delmon Young to keep Baltimore within one run.

Penn gave up two runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. He had allowed 22 runs and 24 hits over 7 1-3 innings in his previous three starts this season. The right-hander's longest outing during that stretch was 3 2-3 innings.

Carl Crawford got the Devil Rays' first hit, a homer with one out in the fourth that tied it at 1. Corey Patterson tripled and scored on David Newhan's sacrifice fly to put the Orioles up 1-0 in the third.

Notes: A year ago Wednesday, Orioles 2B Brian Roberts dislocated his left elbow and tore a tendon and ligament in a collision with Bubba Crosby of the New York Yankees while covering first base. Roberts has played in 129 games this season. ``I give all the credit in the world to him,'' Baltimore manager Sam Perlozzo said. ``To me, that's been a pretty amazing feat for him, to still play up to the level that he's played.'' ... Gomez has a 13-game hitting streak.

© The Canadian Press, 2007