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Nick Fortes doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to give the visiting Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday in the opener of the three-game series.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay\u2019s Jonny DeLuca, who tied it 2-2 with a leadoff homer in the seventh, battled back from a 1-2 count for a two-out walk off Trevor Megill (0-1) in the ninth. Fortes followed with an RBI double to the gap in right-center.<\/p>\n

Ian Seymour entered in the bottom half and hit Sal Frelick with a pitch to open the inning before getting the next two outs. Kevin Kelly came on and got his first save of the year when pinch hitter Blake Perkins bounced into a forceout.<\/p>\n

Garrett Cleavinger (1-1) tossed a scoreless eighth inning for the win.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee lost for the first time after a three-game sweep of the visiting Chicago White Sox to open the season. Tampa Bay had lost two of three at St. Louis to start the campaign.<\/p>\n

Held to three singles by Nick Martinez through the first five innings, the Brewers erased a 1-0 deficit in the sixth on William Contreras\u2019 first homer of the season, a two-run shot. Brice Turang opened with a double down the right-field line before Contreras then sent the first pitch 415 feet to center.<\/p>\n

DeLuca brought the Rays even with his first homer, a seventh-inning shot to left off Aaron Ashby with an exit velocity of 109 mph.<\/p>\n

Yandy Diaz staked the Rays to an immediate 1-0 lead, opening the game with his first homer. Diaz lined 1-2 pitch from Kyle Harrison to left for his 22nd career leadoff homer.<\/p>\n

Harrison, acquired from the Red Sox in an offseason trade, allowed one run on four hits in five innings, striking out eight and walking one.<\/p>\n

Martinez gave up two runs on six hits in six innings, striking out three without a walk in an 88-pitch outing.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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