By STEVE MEGARGEE<\/p>\n
MILWAUKEE \u2014 Nick Fortes hit a tiebreaking two-out double off Trevor Megill in the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee took its first loss after opening the season with a\u00a0three-game sweep\u00a0of the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n
Megill (0-1) retired the first two batters he faced and had a 1-2 count on Jonny DeLuca before walking him. Fortes sent a first-pitch fastball\u00a0into the gap\u00a0in right-center to bring home DeLuca.<\/p>\n
Ian Seymour hit Sal Frelick with a pitch to start the bottom of the ninth before retiring the next two batters. Kevin Kelly picked up his first save by getting Blake Perkins to ground out.<\/p>\n
All the runs before the ninth came on homers.<\/p>\n
Yandy D\u00edaz continued his blistering start by\u00a0leading off the game\u00a0by sending a 1-2 pitch from Kyle Harrison over the left-field wall. D\u00edaz, who also singled in the second, is 12 for 20 this season.<\/p>\n
William Contreras put Milwaukee ahead with a\u00a0415-foot drive\u00a0over the center-field wall in the sixth.<\/p>\n
The Rays tied it in the seventh when DeLuca delivered a\u00a0438-foot blast\u00a0over the wall in left-center.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee wasted a chance to break the tie in the eighth as Garrett Cleavinger (1-1) struck out Gary S\u00e1nchez to strand runners on first and second.<\/p>\n
Both starting pitchers were making their debut with new teams.<\/p>\n
Harrison came to Milwaukee as part of a\u00a0six-player trade\u00a0with Boston that sent third baseman Caleb Durbin to the Red Sox. Nick Martinez\u00a0joined the Rays\u00a0on a one-year, $13 million deal.<\/p>\n
Martinez struck out three and allowed six hits, two runs and no walks in six innings. Harrison struck out eight and gave up one run, four hits and one walk in five innings.<\/p>\n
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