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BALTIMORE -- On a night in which the Baltimore Orioles found all sorts of ways to score, their final run was appropriately the result of an intentional walk to a .188 hitter and an opposite-field bloop. J.J. Hardy put Baltimore ahead with a seventh-inning single, and the Orioles rallied past Tampa Bay 5-4 Thursday night to lengthen their lead in the AL East. Steve Pearce homered for the Orioles, who took three of four from the sinking Rays. The victory, combined with the Yankees loss to Detroit, put Baltimore seven games ahead of New York with 30 games remaining. "To win a four-game series in the division, thats huge," winning pitcher Andrew Miller said. "Hopefully we can carry some momentum out of that." After Pearces first-inning homer, the Orioles scored on a delayed double steal, a bases-loaded grounder and a throwing error. Then, with the score tied at 4 in the seventh, Baltimore took its first lead. Nelson Cruz doubled with two outs off Kirby Yates (0-2) and Chris Davis was walked intentionally despite coming to the plate with a .188 batting average. Hardy followed with a pop to right field that fell in. Asked if he was surprised Davis received the free pass, Hardy replied, "A little bit. But I was just thinking about hitting the ball hard. Didnt happen, but it worked." The left-handed hitting Davis said, "I see the reasoning behind it. Right-handed pitcher on the mound, right-handed hitter behind me. (I) had some good swings on a couple of balls earlier in the game." Rays manager Joe Maddon justified his decision, noting, "Yates, the guy hes got to be able to get out is Hardy in that moment because he really matches up extremely well against him. I know it was a blooper, but the pitch was elevated and thats why he was able to do what he did." Miller (4-5) pitched 1 2-3 hitless innings and Zach Britton worked a perfect ninth for his 29th save. Evan Longoria homered and drove in two runs for the Rays, who lost their second road series in the last 11. It was a rough night for Tampa Bay shortstop Yunel Escobar, who made two errors, went hitless and was struck in the hand with a pitch. Tampa Bay used a two-run fifth to take a 4-2 lead. Longoria followed two singles with a sacrifice fly and James Loney hit an RBI double. The Orioles loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half and tied it when Escobar threw wildly to first base trying to complete a double play. That, according to Maddon, was far more significant than the intentional walk. "You cant do that and expect to win," he said. "Baltimores playing at a high level. I think we have been also. We uncharacteristically gave this game up on defence tonight. And we just did and thats the story line, pure and simple." It also hurt that each time Tampa Bay took a two-run lead, the Orioles answered a two-run uprising with one of its own. 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The result was a 34-7 victory, their sixth straight in the series dating to Sept. 24, 1994, when the Rams were still based in Los Angeles.Any time you play good in all three facets, youre going to win a lot of games, said Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, and it felt like we did that.Charles, who last week became the Chiefs career rushing leader, powered over the left side of the line for a touchdown in the first quarter. He added a 36-yard score early in the fourth, dodging a defender at the line of scrimmage and then accelerating past the Rams defence.Cairo Santos added a pair of field goals for Kansas City (4-3), including a career-best 53-yarder right before halftime. Smith was 24 of 28 for 226 yards, and Davis capped the string of 34 unanswered points with a short touchdown run in the fourth quarter.By that point, the banged-up Rams (2-5) were just trying to survive.Its disappointing, said coach Jeff Fisher, whose team was coming off a victory over Seattle. We had a great week, a short-lived bit of momentum, and we werent able to put it all together.Austin Davis finished 15 of 25 for 160 yards with a touchdown and an interception, three of his sacks coming at the hands of Justin Houston. It didnt help that left tackle Jake Long, right guard Rodger Saffold and centre Scott Wells sustained injuries during the game.The Rams were also playing with an injury-depleted defensive backfield.You looked at the injuries they had today, they had three or four rookies starting for them on the defensive side, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. Thats tough.The Rams running back by committee proved to be a bust, too. Benny Cunningham, Zac Stacy and Tre Mason were bottled up all game, and St. Louis managed just 84 yards on 19 carries.They took some thhings away and when that happens youve got to find a way to get some momentum offensively, Davis said, and we werent able to do that.dddddddddddd But my hat really goes off to them. They did a really good job and made a lot of good plays.The Rams jumped to a 7-0 lead on a pass from Davis to tight end Lance Kendricks on the opening series, but everything went the Chiefs way the rest of the game.Special teams had a lot to do with it.One week after the Rams used two long returns and an audacious punt fake to beat Seattle, they watched as Greg Zuerlein missed a 38-yard field goal in the second quarter to keep the game 7-7.Santos hit his 53-yarder for a 10-7 lead right before halftime.The Chiefs got the ball back to start the third quarter. Knile Davis fielded the kickoff on a bounce, veered to his right and picked up a key block from James-Michael Johnson before going the rest of the way for his second career TD return.Davis, who also had a franchise-long 108-yard kickoff return touchdown as a rookie in 2013, is the fifth player in history with a kickoff-return touchdown of at least 99 yards in each of his first two NFL seasons.Santos added his second field-goal and Charles punctuated a big day for the offence when he took a carry up the middle, left a defender grasping for air and outran the entire secondary for his second score of the game.Davis added a 3-yard touchdown plunge in the final minutes as chants of Lets Go Royals filled Arrowhead Stadium.We clearly got outplayed in the second half of this game in all three phases, Fisher said. It wasnt a good effort and weve got our work cut out for us.NOTES: The Chiefs were awarded the Governors Cup for the victory from Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon after the game. The Rams had owned it since a 2012 preseason victory. ... Chiefs CB Jamell Fleming and LB Josh Martin left with hamstring injuries. ... Saffold left with a shoulder injury, Long with a knee injury and Wells with an undisclosed injury. The Rams also lost WR Brian Quick (arm) early in the game and FS Rodney McLeod (knee). ... Rams DE Robert Quinn had two sacks.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '