Evan Longoria Puts Game Out of Reach, Rays Beat Mariners

Evan Longoria's double in the fourth gave him 100 RBIs, in the 23-year-old's 135th game. The only active players to get to 100 RBIs more quickly were Ryan Braun (118 games) and Albert Pujols... (131).

"I don't think there's a ceiling," teammate Pat Burrell said of Longoria.

The 6-foot-9 Niemann (1-2) allowed just three hits and two earned runs before tiring noticeably and leaving with one out in the sixth. It didn't take long for the Rays to make Mariners fill-in starter Chris Jakubauskas (1-2) look more like the former independent league nomad and women's shoe salesman he was several years ago.more>>