(AP) — Surging Evan Longoria and slumping Corey Dickerson, the former Brookhaven Academy star,  helped the Tampa Bay Rays get a nice comeback victory.
Longoria and Dickerson had three RBIs apiece and the Rays rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Tuesday night.

“That was an awesome win,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We haven’t had too many like that.”

Tampa Bay, 4-22 when trailing after six innings, has won eight of 10 overall. It matched the Rays’ biggest comeback win this season, which came April 21, at Boston.
Longoria’s seventh homer in his last 10 games, a three-run shot off Nick Vincent, tied it at 7 in the seventh.
Mike Montgomery (2-2) entered and walked two straight before Dickerson’s RBI single put Tampa Bay ahead 8-7.

“We never gave up,” Dickerson said, “We kept battling.”

Dickerson has just seven hits in June despite Tuesday being his second three-hit performance of the month.
Ryan Garton (1-0) got the final two outs in the seventh for his first major league win. Xavier Cedeno had a perfect eighth before Alex Colome worked the ninth to get his 19th save in as many chances.

Dickerson, who hit a grand slam off Walker in the right-hander’s only other start against Tampa Bay on May 11, also had a two-run drive in the bottom of the second.