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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Tillman was the difference Saturday night -- and it wouldnt be a stretch to say the right-hander has been the difference for the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East race so far this season.Tillman became the American Leagues second 13-game winner, backed by J.J. Hardys two-run homer, in Baltimores 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.The Orioles, who have won four straight overall, are 9-0 in Tillmans starts against their division rivals.Team wins are important, said Tillman, who has given up one run or fewer in his last three starts. All the personal stuff goes by the wayside when it comes to winning ballgames. Thats our approach and its good to be a part of it.Tillman (13-2) gave up one run and four hits and struck out three in seven innings. Only Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox has more wins (14) among major league pitchers.Brad Brach threw a perfect eighth and Zach Britton struck out two in the ninth for his 29th save as the Orioles maintained a two-game lead over the Boston Red Sox.Hardys fourth home run of the season came off Matt Moore (5-7) after Matt Wieters two-out double in the second.(Tillman) had good command. He had three walks, but it didnt feel like it, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. He was the difference. Its not very often that a two-run homer stands up, but it did.Logan Morrison scored Tampa Bays run after a leadoff triple in the fourth that was originally called a home run before being overturned by an umpire replay review. The ball was ruled to have hit the top of the wall in left field and back into play, and Morrison was given a triple. Steven Souza Jr. then drove in Morrison with a single, but it was the final hit of the game for the Rays, who have lost eight straight and 24 of 27.It stinks when you lose a ballgame on one pitch, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. That kind of sums it up how its been going for us.Moore, who has two of the Rays three wins since June 15, pitched 7 1/3 innings, his longest start of the season, giving up two runs on five hits.HARDY SHOULDERHardy hit his second home run in nine at-bats after hitting two in his first 155 at-bats, and stretched his personal hitting streak to nine games. It is a direct result of his healed left shoulder. Im not thinking of the shoulder at all, he said. I know I was a lot last year, but Im not thinking about it anymore. I think thats the biggest thing.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: OF Hyun Soo Kim (right hamstring) was out of the lineup for the second straight game. Showalter said it will determined after a workout Sunday if Kim will need to go on the disabled list. ... 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While hell be dialed in to that tournament on a course he loves, you can forgive him if his eyes glance down the calendar just a bit, towards April. TAMPA, Fla. -- Gerald McCoy summed up the mind-set of the suddenly stingy Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense.Its our job to keep the other team from scoring, the four-time Pro Bowl tackle said. If they dont score, they dont win.The streaking Bucs (8-5) have been as effective as anyone in shutting down opposing offenses during a five-game winning streak that has propelled the team into contention for its first playoff berth in nine years.Jameis Winstons leadership and progress as a second-year quarterback has commanded most of the attention during the surge, however the play of the McCoy-led defense has been just as important.The Bucs have held their last five opponents under 21 points, the longest such stretch for the franchise since the last three games of 2009 and the first two of the following season.You have to go back to 2008 for the last time it happened within the same season.Theyre just playing with a lot of confidence, coach Dirk Koetter said, reflecting on Sundays 16-11 victory over New Orleans , which was held without a touchdown for only the second time in the 11 seasons the quarterback/coach duo of Drew Brees and Sean Payton has been together with the Saints, who lead the NFL in total offense.The Bucs intercepted Brees three times, giving them a league-leading 23 takeaways since Week 5, and forced New Orleans to settle for field goals on two drives inside the Bucs 5-yard line.Tampa Bay had the NFLs worst turnover differential through a 1/3 start. The defense has worked its way up to a tie for 11th while helping the team win seven of nine to climb into position to challenge for its first division title and playoff berth since 2007.Its great to see, Koetter said. Some of these guys on defense have been beat up for a few years. Its great to see these guys having the success theyre having, it really is.McCoy, the third overall pick in the 2010 draft, is in his seventh season and has yet to make thhe playoffs.dddddddddddd He shrugged off a question about whether he feels Tampa Bays defense, which during the current winning streak has held every opponent under 350 yards, is underrated.I dont care, were winning. ... Were winning because were playing together, not turning the ball over and were taking the ball away, McCoy said. Were winning because were playing as a team.And because many of the moves general manager Jason Licht made to fix the defense during the offseason are beginning to pay off.The Bucs drafted cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III in the first round after signing veteran pass rusher Robert Ayers, Jr., cornerback Brent Grimes and linebacker Daryl Smith in free agency.Ayers had Tampa Bays lone sack against the Saints. Hargreaves and Grimes had two of the three interceptions off Brees.Winston noted that the defense has given some of the leagues best quarterbacks fits while allowing just over 12 points per game in wins over Seattle, San Diego and New Orleans the past three weeks.Our defense has been playing amazing. It starts with our leaders ... Clinton McDonald, Gerald McCoy and Lavonte (David) have taken it to a whole new level, Winston said.What they did to Philip Rivers last week, what they did to Drew this week, what they did to Russell Wilson the week before, we are playing good football, Winston added. But weve got to continue to get better.The young team is confident it hasnt peaked.The Bucs travel to Dallas (11-2) for a prime-time matchup Sunday night, then finish the regular season at New Orleans and home against Carolina.It doesnt matter what your record is. You can get hot at any time, Hargreaves said. Were hot right now, and were going to try and keep that going.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '