Meadows hit a single in the 10th inning to score Brett Phillips from second base with the tiebreaking run as the Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Friday night.
After trailing 6-4, the Rays pulled even in the eighth. Meadows, an Atlanta native, had a run-scoring single in the two-run rally.
“Meadows really picked us up in a big way,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “The eighth inning ... he really came through and then he came through again.”
It was Tampa Bay’s 27th come-from-behind win, the second-most in the majors behind Boston’s 29. The Rays remained 1 1/2 games behind the first-place Red Sox in the AL East.