ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Toby Hall and Tino Martinez hit consecutive homers in the seventh inning, leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 10-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.

Hall gave the Devil Rays and 8-7 lead with a two-run shot off Tim Harikkala (1-1), and Martinez followed with his 310th career homer.

John Halama (2-1) earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief for the Devil Rays, who equaled their best record after 59 games at 25-34.

Matt Holliday hit his first career grand slam during Colorado’s six-run sixth inning that put the Rockies up 7-5. Colorado has lost seven straight, and 19 of 23.

Todd Helton went 2-for-3, including a run-scoring single, and was hit by a pitch in the first for Colorado. He has nine hits in 13 at-bats with eight RBIs over the past three games.

Tampa Bay had just two base runners – both walks – through four innings but took a 5-1 lead with a five-run fifth inning.

Hall singled off Shawn Estes, who then hit two of next three batters to load the bases with one out. Rey Sanchez, who hit an inside-the-park walkoff homer Friday night, lined a single to right to drive in a run, and another run scored when right fielder Jeromy Burnitz was couldn’t field the ball cleanly for an error.

Lugo hit a two-run single, and Aubrey Huff had a run-scoring single to put the Devil Rays up 5-1.

It took Tampa Bay starter Rob Bell just four batters into the sixth to blow the four-run lead.

The Rockies loaded the bases with no outs before Holliday hit his ninth homer to tie it at 5 and end Bell’s night. Colorado added two more runs on Choo Freeman’s RBI grounder and Aaron Miles’ run-scoring single off Travis Harper.

Estes was lifted after loading the bases – on two walks and a single – in the sixth with no outs. Harikkala came in and allowed one runner to score – on Robert Fick’s sacrifice fly – that got Tampa Bay within 7-6.

Estes allowed six runs, five hits, four walks and hit two batters in five-plus innings.

Bell gave up five runs and seven hits over five-plus innings.

Notes: Martinez tied Jay Buhner for 92nd on the career home runs list. … Estes also had control problems when asking for a new baseball in the fifth. During the exchange, he threw the ball to the backstop. … Devil Rays OF Rocco Baldelli was out of the line up with a sprained ligament in his left thumb, but came in to play center field in the ninth. … Freeman made a leaping grab into the center-field wall on Carl Crawford’s drive in the third. … Sanchez’s walk-off inside the park homer Friday was the first in interleague play. It was also the first by an AL player since Minnesota’s Tim Teufel on June 24, 1984.

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