Gaylord Perry allowed just 4 hits in 7 innings, but two of those hits were solo home runs by Aubrey Huff and Jonny Gomes. That left the door open for a Tampa Bay Rays upset of the Cleveland Indians in the Baseball Maelstrom Tournament. But Tris Speaker did his part to make sure that didn’t happen. With some timely hits, Cleveland scored a run in 3 of the first 4 innings off Alex Cobb, including an RBI single from Speaker in the 4th. But a Jim Thome error in the 8th led to a Sacrifice Fly by Ben Zobrist off Michael Jackson that tied the score at 3. J.P. Howell, who had pitched a perfect 7th for the Rays, allowed a leadoff single to Manny Ramírez and then walked Albert Belle. Rafael Soriano came in, but allowed an RBI single to Nap Lajoie for the go-ahead run. Two batters later, Speaker drove in two more with another single. José Mesa closed the door in the 9th and Cleveland took the game 6-3, eliminating the Rays from the Tournament. Speaker finished 3 for 5 with 3 RBI.