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CLEVELAND -- Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had a feeling the Rays would bounce back Sunday. Following Saturdays 5-0 loss to Cleveland -- a game that began 10 hours following Friday nights game that ended at 2:53 a.m. because of three rain delays -- a strong team performance proved Maddon right in an 11-3 win. Evan Longoria and Yunel Escobar hit two-run homers, James Loney added a two-run double and Jeremy Hellickson picked up the victory as Tampa Bay rebounded a day after its six-game winning streak ended. Everything went the Rays way Sunday. Sam Fuld wound up with a triple in the fourth when his drive down the right field line bounced off a ball boy. Fridays game, scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m., was delayed a total of 4 hours and 49 minutes. That left a short turnaround time for Saturdays 1:05 p.m. game in which the Rays managed four hits. Maddon wasnt surprised about how his team responded in Sundays win. "Its a great group of guys," he said. "I can read them pretty well when they walk in the door or in the dugout during the game. (Saturday) was difficult. It just was. Theres no way getting around it. Its not an excuse. Were not making excuses. I felt we were a little fatigued. They came back and did a great job. I trust them. Theyre professional." Indians manager Terry Francona was ejected in the fifth inning by plate umpire Bill Welke for arguing a strike call with Nick Swisher batting. It was his first ejection as Clevelands manager. "I thought his strike zone was inconsistent all day, not just on that one pitch," Francona said. "After the game, I told Bill, In fairness to you, I went back and looked at all the pitches, and I feel stronger now than I did when I was yelling at you from the dugout. " Francona then broke into a small smile and added of the postgame conversation, "I may have cursed." Francona was tossed with the Indians trailing 5-3 after Welke called a strike to Swisher on a 1-0 pitch. Francona, thinking the pitch was low and outside, yelled from the dugout and was quickly ejected. He came on the field and argued with Welke, holding his hands a couple of feet apart, apparently to show how far he thought the pitch was out of the strike zone. Francona fired his gum to the ground before leaving the field and yelled again at Welke when he returned to the dugout. Francona also argued with Welke about a call on the bases in the early hours of Saturday morning. Fuld led off the Rays fourth with a hit down the line in right field. The ball bounced off a ball boy, who attempted to get out of the way as Fuld raced around the bases before finally stopping at third. Francona talked it over with first base umpire Adrian Johnson and second base umpire Fieldin Culbreth, saying Fuld should have been sent back to second. The ruling, however was that the ball boy was in play and didnt intentionally interfere with the ball, and the triple stood. The play brought a chuckle from Maddon. "The ball could have gone farther down," he said. "It could have been a triple either way. Fortunately, Sammy was heads-up enough to keep going." Francona failed to see the humour in the play. "I was agitated because it was explained to me two different ways," he said. "The first time was completely screwed up, which is why I was so worked up. Cubby (Culbreth) let me vent a little bit after that, which I appreciated." Hellickson (3-2) allowed three runs in five innings. "I made a lot of good pitches," he said. "I was right where I wanted to be. Theyre a good hitting team." Zach McAllister (4-5) lasted only 4 1-3 innings -- his shortest start of the season -- and gave up five runs. Escobars homer in the sixth pushed the Rays lead to 7-3. Longoria drove in three runs. He homered to cap a four-run eighth and connected off Matt Langwell, who was facing his first hitter in his major league debut. Loneys double in the first put Tampa Bay ahead. Longoria added an RBI single in the third and Jose Lobatons infield hit made it 4-0 in the fourth. The Indians scored three times with two outs in the fourth. Yan Gomes RBI double and Mike Aviles two-run single cut the lead to 4-3. NOTES: LHP Matt Moore, tied for the AL lead with eight wins, will start Tuesday when the Rays open a three-game series in Detroit. .... RHP Alex Cobb, who missed his last start because of a cut finger, will start Wednesday for the Rays. ... Indians RHP Chris Perez (sore shoulder) has been cleared to resume throwing on Wednesday. Hes been on the 15-day disabled list since May 27. ... The Indians begin a nine-game road trip Monday against the Yankees. Cleveland RHP Justin Masterson (8-3) faces New York LHP Andy Pettitte (4-3) in the opener of the three-game series. ... Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera got the day off. ... Cleveland OF Drew Stubbs is in a 0-for-16 slump. ... 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He pitched a good game for them.Following that start 10 days earlier, Seattle pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre helped Walker change his mechanics.The change paid off, as he was also able to strike out Mike Trout three times Tuesday. Coming into the game, Trout was hitting .818 with three home runs and six RBI against Walker.Kaleb Cowart spoiled Walkers perfect game bid when he reached on throwing error by shortstop Ketel Marte with two outs in the sixth inning.Walker (6-10) still had a no-hitter going, until Kole Calhoun came through with a leadoff single through the right side in the seventh inning. Only two balls left the infield until that hit. Walker matched a career high with 11 strikeouts -- the fifth time hes reached that mark. It was his first complete game since July 31, 2015.My legs were getting heavy, my stomach was starting to tingle, Walker said. The game was so long, it was taking forever. The offense was going out there every single inning and getting hits and I was just like, `Ugh, this is getting longer. But right after I went out there and gave up the hit I felt really good. I got a chance to go from the stretch and I feel really good going from the stretch.Nelson Cruz and Norichika Aoki hit home runs and Seth Smith hit a grand slam to close the scoring.Angels rookie Alex Meyer (0-3) gave up four earned runs and five hits over four innings in his fourth mmajor league appearance.ddddddddddddIve just got to do a better job of mixing in off-speed earlier, Meyer said. I tried to do too much with my fastball early on, especially when I was behind. They were jumping all over that and I wasnt able to throw it by anybody tonight.Smiths grand slam, his second this season, came off of reliever Mike Morin with two outs in the sixth. He drove Morins 1-1 off-speed offering over the scoreboard and into the right field stands.The Mariners hit Meyer -- acquired from Minnesota along with Ricky Nolasco at the trade deadline -- hard from the beginning. Cruz launched a massive two-run shot that nearly reached the concourse in left field in the first inning and Leonys Martin scored on sac fly in the second before Aokis home run, making the score 4-0.The ball to Cruz was supposed to be a fastball away and it came back over the middle of the plate, Meyer said. I didnt get any swing and miss on my fastball tonight, which was not ideal. I threw a lot more changeups tonight than I ever have in a start.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: LHP Tyler Skaggs will miss his start with left forearm soreness and will undergo an MRI. Skaggs had Tommy John surgery in 2014 and was slated to make his 10th start since his return. Manager Mike Scioscia said the MRI is precautionary given his injury history. SS Andrelton Simmons remained out of the lineup for the second straight day with a bruised right hand. Simmons injured the hand in Sundays series finale against the Rangers and is day-to-day.UP NEXTMariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma will take the mound in the series finale. Iwakuma has lost his last two straight starts against Los Angeles but is 8-5 with a 2.90 ERA in 18 games (17 starts) against the Angels.Angels: RHP Jhoulys Chacin will take Skaggs place in the rotation. Chacin will come out of the bullpen to make his 14th start of the season. Hes 3-6 with a 6.54 ERA as a starter. ' ' '