St. Petersburg, FL -- (Sports Network) - Gabe Gross tied the game with a two-run homer and Carlos Pena blasted a three-run shot to cap a six-run rally in the bottom of the ninth, as the Tampa Bay Rays pulled off an improbable 10-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the rubber match of a three-game series at Tropicana Field.

After the Indians scored an insurance run in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch by Troy Percival for a 7-4 edge, Tampa Bay sent six batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning and all six scored.

Jason Bartlett led off against Edward Mujica with a double to left and scored on a two-bagger just inside the first base line by Eric Hinske. Gross then drilled a pitch into the right field seats for his eighth homer to tie it.

Masahide Kobayashi (4-5) took over on the mound and yielded an infield single to Akinori Iwamura before Ben Zobrist drew a walk. Pena followed with a drive over the fence in center field for his 20th home run to win it.

"That's the thing you always dream of doing [homering to win a game] and to do it is awesome," said Pena.

Bartlett finished with three hits for the Rays, who have won seven of their last eight games. Dioner Navarro added a two-run homer and Evan Longoria drove in a pair of runs in the victory.

"I'd like to believe this is one of those games that can build some momentum," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "It was tremendous to watch. We're a pretty good late inning team and that just speaks to the team's want-to."

Percival (2-0) was credited with the victory as the incredible rally took Tampa Bay starter Scott Kazmir off the hook. The lefty was tagged for five runs on nine hits with three walks and four strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings.

Cleveland starter Jeremy Sowers was in line for the victory after allowing four runs -- three earned -- on six hits with three walks and two strikeouts in six innings.

The loss spoiled a big day for Jhonny Peralta, who was 5-for-5 with a homer and a run-scoring double for the Indians, who have dropped three of four overall. Peralta notched his second five-hit game of the season, also accomplishing the feat on June 30 against the Chicago White Sox. He has a 10-game hitting streak and finished this series 8-for-12 with a pair of homers and four runs batted in.

"It was a good day," said Peralta about his personal performance. "I felt good at home plate today and I got good pitches to hit."

Franklin Gutierrez gave the Indians an early lead when led off the game with his fifth home run, drilling a pitch just inside the left field pole, but the Rays answered with three in the bottom of the inning.

Zobrist started the rally with a one-out single and Pena drew a walk. The runners attempted a double steal and Zobrist reached third, but Pena was gunned down at second for the second out. Longoria, though, blooped a hit into center field to score a run and raced all the way to third when the ball skipped past Gutierrez for an error. Navarro followed with a drive just over the wall in left field for his sixth homer to make it a 3-1 game.

The Indians got one back on a two-out solo homer by Peralta in the third, then scored three in the fifth to move in front.

Jamey Carroll started the fifth with a walk, raced to third on a one-out double by Peralta and scored the tying run on a single by Shin-Soo Choo. Andy Marte then doubled into the left field corner to chase home two more for a 5-3 edge.

Tampa Bay pulled to within one in the home fifth when Zobrist reached second on a two-out error and scored on a base hit by Longoria, but Peralta doubled home a run with two outs in the sixth to extend the Cleveland advantage back to two runs.

The Tribe added an insurance run in the ninth after Peralta's fifth hit of the game. He led off with a single, but was quickly erased on a fielder's choice by Choo, who stole second and took third on a grounder by Marte before scoring on a wild pitch by Percival.

"Obviously, Tampa Bay is a fantastic team here at home and they've had a tremendous year, but anytime you get to the ninth inning with a lead, in particular a three-run lead, you need to finish it off," said Indians manager Eric Wedge.

Wedge benched first baseman Ryan Garko after he failed to run out a ground ball along the first base line in the second inning. The ball was headed foul, but rolled into fair territory as Garko stood at home plate.

Tampa Bay left fielder Carl Crawford missed his third straight game because of a hamstring injury, while center fielder B.J. Upton was benched one game by Maddon for not running out a ground ball in Tuesday's game.

Game Notes

Indians second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera left the game prior to the bottom of the sixth inning with a sprained left ankle when he fell while trotting out to the field from the dugout. He is considered day-to-day...The Rays start their longest road trip of the season on Thursday with the opener of a four-game series at Seattle. They will also visit Oakland for three games and Texas for three more...Cleveland has Thursday off before beginning a three-game series in Toronto on Friday...Anthony Reyes will start Friday's game for the Indians after the club placed pitcher Matt Ginter on the disabled list with a right forearm strain.