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Luke Raley hits go-ahead homer in the 8th, lifts Rays past A's 4-3 for a series split

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The Tampa Bay Rays became the first team to 50 wins, and for the Oakland Athletics splitting a four-game series against baseball's best spelled success.

Luke Raley hit a go-ahead solo homer with one out in the eighth, Manuel Margot connected earlier and the Rays beat the 19-win A's 4-3 on Thursday.

Rays rookie top prospect Taj Bradley struck out the first six A’s batters in order and a career-high 11 in all, surrendering Seth Brown's tying two-run single in the fifth.

Sure, the Rays are happy with their win total at this stage.

“That sounds really good, I’m really excited to get out of here, though," manager Kevin Cash said.

The A's loaded the bases against former Oakland pitcher Jake Diekman in the seventh only for the defense to deliver a brilliant play. Seth Brown hit a hard grounder - a 107.9 mph exit velocity - that second baseman Taylor Walls fielded and fired home to save a run then catcher Francisco Mejía threw to first for the inning-ending double play.

“Honestly, I knew I had time because of the force out at home so I kind of took a half-step back before that,” Walls said. “That ball was smoked so I didn’t really have time to think about anything. But after I realized I gloved it clean I knew that it was a chance for a double play.”

Robert Stephenson (1-0) came in for Diekman to get the final out of the seventh. Right-hander Pete Fairbanks returned from the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his left hip and finished for his sixth save.

Fairbanks is nursing a black eye on the right side after dunking playing basketball in the family pool with 3-year-old son Isak and hitting the backboard.

“Teach him an early lesson in life: When you’re in the paint, you cannot be caught unaware underneath the basket,” Fairbanks said. “Did that end up with me with a black eye? Yes. So it was fun. My wife has been making fun of me about it, as has pretty much everybody here. So it’s been a good past five days or whatever.”

Paul Blackburn struck out a career-high nine for the A's, who had their season-best seven-game winning streak snapped a night earlier. Austin Pruitt (1-4) took the loss.

JJ Bleday beat out an infield single to start the third for the first baserunner against Bradley.

“Electric stuff,” Oakland's Tony Kemp said about Bradley.

Before Thursday, the only Rays pitcher to retire the first six batters by strikeout was Blake Snell against the Mariners on June 3, 2018. It marked the first time the first six A’s batters struck out in a game since April 8, 1987, against Frank Viola and the Twins.

Margot connected for his third homer in the fourth to support Bradley a day after hitting three doubles. All three of Margot's homers have come against the A's.

Blackburn ran into trouble in the second, when Harold Ramírez reached on an error before the right-hander surrendered a single to Luke Raley, Isaac Paredes' RBI single then an RBI double to Walls.

Richard Lovelady relieved Blackburn but had to exit in the seventh with an injury. Manager Mark Kotsay said the pitcher experienced a burning sensation in his elbow 20 months post-Tommy John surgery and would undergo an MRI exam.

Kemp snapped a career-long 0-for-24 hitless stretch with a single in the third - his third hit in day games. He earlier had stretch of 23 straight hitless at-bats.

The Rays won the season series for the second straight year, going 5-2 after a three-game sweep in Tampa from April 5-7 in which they outscored the A's 31-5 with a pair of 11-0 victories.

Oakland is celebrating its progress in a tough first half.

“Coming back home after a really good road trip and taking the first two from them I feel like it kind of some people's eyes in here a little bit,” Blackburn said, “we're a good team.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rays: OF Jose Siri sat out a second straight game with a sore right shoulder and Kevin Cash expects him to return to the lineup Friday. The Rays optioned RHP Ryan Thompson to Triple-A Durham.

Athletics: RHP Freddy Tarnok (strained shoulder) was set to make his first rehab start with Triple-A Las Vegas.

UP NEXT

LHP Shane McClanahan (10-1, 2.18 ERA) pitches the series opener Friday night at San Diego as the Rays continue their seven-game California trip. McClanahan has never faced an NL West team in the regular season.

LHP JP Sears (1-3, 4.15) starts the series opener at home against the Phillies on Friday night.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays TB50-22	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
Athletics OAK19-52	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	1

Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumOakland, CA

W: R. Stephenson (1-3)L: A. Pruitt (1-4)S: P. Fairbanks (6)

TBRays

OAKAthletics

.P. FairbanksPeter Fairbanks
P
1.0 IP, SO, 10 P
.T. BradleyTaj Bradley
P
4.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 11 SO, 88 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Lowe RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.285	.330	.520	.850	-1.0
W. Franco SS	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.361	.481	.842	3.0
R. Arozarena LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.282	.402	.475	.877	-1.0
H. Ramirez DH	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.309	.355	.511	.865	2.0
L. Raley 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	.265	.347	.587	.934	7.5
I. Paredes 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	.258	.343	.474	.817	2.0
T. Walls 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.210	.312	.398	.710	3.0
M. Margot CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	.265	.333	.392	.725	5.5
F. Mejia C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.238	.281	.381	.662	1.5

HITTERS	AB
J. Lowe RF	5
W. Franco SS	5
R. Arozarena LF	4
H. Ramirez DH	3
L. Raley 1B	4
I. Paredes 3B	4
T. Walls 2B	4
M. Margot CF	4
F. Mejia C	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
E. Ruiz CF	5	1	1	0	0	3	4	.255	.312	.327	.639	0.5
R. Noda 1B	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	.253	.412	.442	.854	3.5
S. Brown DH	4	0	1	2	0	2	6	.202	.278	.365	.644	2.0
B. Rooker LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.261	.362	.507	.869	-1.0
J. Peterson 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.324	.335	.659	-1.5
C. Perez C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.296	.344	.640	-1.5
J. Bleday RF	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.214	.319	.398	.717	1.0
K. Smith SS	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	.191	.216	.330	.546	1.5
a- J. Bride PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.391	.278	.669	0.0
T. Kemp 2B	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.150	.256	.203	.458	4.0

HITTERS	AB
E. Ruiz CF	5
R. Noda 1B	2
S. Brown DH	4
B. Rooker LF	4
J. Peterson 3B	4
C. Perez C	4
J. Bleday RF	3
K. Smith SS	2
a- J. Bride PH	1
T. Kemp 2B	2

a-popped out for Smith in the 9th

2B - W. Franco (20), T. Walls (8), F. Mejia (9)
HR - L. Raley (12), M. Margot (3)
RBI - L. Raley (27), I. Paredes (46), T. Walls (23), M. Margot (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Lowe 2 (2), R. Arozarena, I. Paredes

RBI - R. Noda (26), S. Brown 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - S. Brown 2 (2), B. Rooker 2 (2)

CS - W. Franco (7), F. Mejia

DP - 2 (Walls-Mejia-Raley; Franco-Walls-Raley)
E - I. Paredes (6)

E - R. Noda (2)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Bradley	4.1	4	3	2	3	11	4.19	1.30	9.5
K. Kelly	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	3.48	1.32	5.0
J. Diekman	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	5.82	1.62	-1.0
R. Stephenson (W, 1-3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4.08	1.25	8.5
J. Adam (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.67	1.12	4.0
P. Fairbanks (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	1.03	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
T. Bradley	4.1
K. Kelly	1.2
J. Diekman	0.2
R. Stephenson (W, 1-3)	0.1
J. Adam (H, 7)	1.0
P. Fairbanks (S, 6)	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Blackburn	5.2	7	3	2	1	9	1	3.48	1.35	10.5
R. Lovelady	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	1.00	3.0
A. Pruitt (L, 1-4)	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	3.60	1.45	-2.0

PITCHERS	IP
P. Blackburn	5.2
R. Lovelady	1.0
A. Pruitt (L, 1-4)	2.1

Pitches-Strikes - T. Bradley 88-55, K. Kelly 17-9, J. Diekman 20-7, R. Stephenson 4-3, J. Adam 19-13, P. Fairbanks 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. Bradley 4-1, K. Kelly 1-1, J. Diekman 1-0, J. Adam 1-0, P. Fairbanks 0-1
Batters Faced - T. Bradley 21, K. Kelly 5, J. Diekman 4, R. Stephenson, J. Adam 3, P. Fairbanks 3

Pitches-Strikes - P. Blackburn 104-69, R. Lovelady 11-8, A. Pruitt 34-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - P. Blackburn 6-5, R. Lovelady 1-1, A. Pruitt 1-4
Batters Faced - P. Blackburn 27, R. Lovelady 2, A. Pruitt 9

.P. FairbanksPeter Fairbanks
P
1.0 IP, SO, 10 P
.T. BradleyTaj Bradley
P
4.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 11 SO, 88 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays TB50-22	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
Athletics OAK19-52	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	1

Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumOakland, CA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Lowe RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.285	.330	.520	.850	-1.0
W. Franco SS	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.361	.481	.842	3.0
R. Arozarena LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.282	.402	.475	.877	-1.0
H. Ramirez DH	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.309	.355	.511	.865	2.0
L. Raley 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	.265	.347	.587	.934	7.5
I. Paredes 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	.258	.343	.474	.817	2.0
T. Walls 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.210	.312	.398	.710	3.0
M. Margot CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	.265	.333	.392	.725	5.5
F. Mejia C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.238	.281	.381	.662	1.5
Total	36	4	10	4	2	1	9	16	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Lowe RF	5
W. Franco SS	5
R. Arozarena LF	4
H. Ramirez DH	3
L. Raley 1B	4
I. Paredes 3B	4
T. Walls 2B	4
M. Margot CF	4
F. Mejia C	3
Total	36

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
E. Ruiz CF	5	1	1	0	0	3	4	.255	.312	.327	.639	0.5
R. Noda 1B	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	.253	.412	.442	.854	3.5
S. Brown DH	4	0	1	2	0	2	6	.202	.278	.365	.644	2.0
B. Rooker LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.261	.362	.507	.869	-1.0
J. Peterson 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.324	.335	.659	-1.5
C. Perez C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.296	.344	.640	-1.5
J. Bleday RF	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.214	.319	.398	.717	1.0
K. Smith SS	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	.191	.216	.330	.546	1.5
a- J. Bride PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.391	.278	.669	0.0
T. Kemp 2B	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.150	.256	.203	.458	4.0
Total	31	3	5	3	6	17	16	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
E. Ruiz CF	5
R. Noda 1B	2
S. Brown DH	4
B. Rooker LF	4
J. Peterson 3B	4
C. Perez C	4
J. Bleday RF	3
K. Smith SS	2
a- J. Bride PH	1
T. Kemp 2B	2
Total	31

a-popped out for Smith in the 9th

2B - W. Franco (20), T. Walls (8), F. Mejia (9)
HR - L. Raley (12), M. Margot (3)
RBI - L. Raley (27), I. Paredes (46), T. Walls (23), M. Margot (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Lowe 2 (2), R. Arozarena, I. Paredes

RBI - R. Noda (26), S. Brown 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - S. Brown 2 (2), B. Rooker 2 (2)

CS - W. Franco (7), F. Mejia

DP - 2 (Walls-Mejia-Raley; Franco-Walls-Raley)
E - I. Paredes (6)

E - R. Noda (2)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Bradley	4.1	4	3	2	3	11	4.19	1.30	9.5
K. Kelly	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	3.48	1.32	5.0
J. Diekman	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	5.82	1.62	-1.0
R. Stephenson (W, 1-3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4.08	1.25	8.5
J. Adam (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.67	1.12	4.0
P. Fairbanks (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	1.03	10.5
Total	9.0	5	3	2	6	17	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
T. Bradley	4.1
K. Kelly	1.2
J. Diekman	0.2
R. Stephenson (W, 1-3)	0.1
J. Adam (H, 7)	1.0
P. Fairbanks (S, 6)	1.0
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Blackburn	5.2	7	3	2	1	9	1	3.48	1.35	10.5
R. Lovelady	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	1.00	3.0
A. Pruitt (L, 1-4)	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	3.60	1.45	-2.0
Total	9.0	10	4	3	1	9	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
P. Blackburn	5.2
R. Lovelady	1.0
A. Pruitt (L, 1-4)	2.1
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - T. Bradley 88-55, K. Kelly 17-9, J. Diekman 20-7, R. Stephenson 4-3, J. Adam 19-13, P. Fairbanks 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. Bradley 4-1, K. Kelly 1-1, J. Diekman 1-0, J. Adam 1-0, P. Fairbanks 0-1
Batters Faced - T. Bradley 21, K. Kelly 5, J. Diekman 4, R. Stephenson, J. Adam 3, P. Fairbanks 3

Pitches-Strikes - P. Blackburn 104-69, R. Lovelady 11-8, A. Pruitt 34-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - P. Blackburn 6-5, R. Lovelady 1-1, A. Pruitt 1-4
Batters Faced - P. Blackburn 27, R. Lovelady 2, A. Pruitt 9

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
Paredes reached on an infield single to second, Ramirez scored, Raley to third 1 0
Walls doubled to deep center, Raley scored, Paredes to third 2 0
4TH INNING
Margot homered to left center 3 0
5TH INNING
Noda singled to center, Smith scored, Kemp to third, Ruiz to second 3 1
Brown singled to left, Ruiz and Kemp scored, Noda to second 3 3
8TH INNING
Raley homered to right center 4 3

2ND INNING
	Paredes reached on an infield single to second, Ramirez scored, Raley to third	1	0
	Walls doubled to deep center, Raley scored, Paredes to third	2	0

4TH INNING
	Margot homered to left center	3	0

5TH INNING
	Noda singled to center, Smith scored, Kemp to third, Ruiz to second	3	1
	Brown singled to left, Ruiz and Kemp scored, Noda to second	3	3

8TH INNING
	Raley homered to right center	4	3

1ST INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
J. Lowe: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Lowe flied out to left
W. Franco: Franco flied out to left
R. Arozarena: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Arozarena popped out to first
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
T. Bradley Pitching:
E. Ruiz: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Ruiz struck out swinging
R. Noda: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Noda struck out looking
S. Brown: Strike (foul tip), Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike looking, Brown struck out looking
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
H. Ramirez: Ramirez safe at first on 1st baseman Noda fielding error
L. Raley: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Raley singled to right, Ramirez to third
I. Paredes: Paredes reached on an infield single to second, Ramirez scored, Raley to third
T. Walls: Foul, Walls doubled to deep center, Raley scored, Paredes to third
M. Margot: Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Margot struck out swinging
F. Mejia: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Mejia struck out swinging
J. Lowe: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Lowe struck out swinging
Middle of the 2nd (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
T. Bradley Pitching:
B. Rooker: Strike looking, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Strike looking, Rooker struck out looking
J. Peterson: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Peterson struck out swinging
C. Perez: Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Perez struck out looking
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
3RD INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
W. Franco: Strike looking, Ball, Franco doubled to left
R. Arozarena: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Arozarena struck out swinging
H. Ramirez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ramirez walked
L. Raley: Foul, Pickoff attempt to second, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Raley struck out swinging
I. Paredes: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Paredes struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Athletics
T. Bradley Pitching:
J. Bleday: Bleday reached on bunt single to shortstop
K. Smith: Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Smith struck out swinging
T. Kemp: Ball, Ball, Kemp singled to right center, Bleday to third
E. Ruiz: Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Ruiz struck out swinging
R. Noda: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Noda walked, Kemp to second
S. Brown: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Brown struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
T. Walls: Strike looking, Walls flied out to left
M. Margot: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Margot homered to left center
F. Mejia: Strike looking, Mejia doubled to right
J. Lowe: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike looking, Lowe struck out looking
W. Franco: Ball, Franco singled to shallow right, Mejia to third
R. Arozarena: Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt to first, Foul, Strike looking, Arozarena struck out looking
Middle of the 4th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
T. Bradley Pitching:
B. Rooker: Ball, Strike swinging, Rooker grounded out to shortstop
J. Peterson: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Peterson struck out swinging
C. Perez: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Perez popped out to second
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
H. Ramirez: Strike swinging, Ball, Ramirez lined out to right
L. Raley: Ball, Raley grounded out to second
I. Paredes: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Paredes struck out swinging
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
Athletics
T. Bradley Pitching:
J. Bleday: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Bleday struck out swinging
K. Smith: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Smith walked
T. Kemp: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kemp walked, Smith to second
E. Ruiz: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ruiz safe at first on 3rd baseman Paredes fielding error, Smith to third, Kemp to second
R. Noda: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Noda singled to center, Smith scored, Kemp to third, Ruiz to second
S. Brown: Ball, Brown singled to left, Ruiz and Kemp scored, Noda to second
Kevin Kelly relieved Taj Bradley
B. Rooker: Ball, Rooker grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Brown out at second
End of the 5th (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rays
P. Blackburn Pitching:
T. Walls: Foul, Ball, Walls grounded out to first
M. Margot: Ball, Foul, Ball, Margot flied out to center
F. Mejia: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Mejia hit by pitch
Richard Lovelady relieved Paul Blackburn
J. Lowe: Ball, Mejia caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
K. Kelly Pitching:
J. Peterson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Peterson struck out swinging
C. Perez: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Perez struck out on foul tip
J. Bleday: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Bleday walked
K. Smith: Ball, Smith flied out to center
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rays
R. Lovelady Pitching:
J. Lowe: Intentional ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Lowe grounded out to third
W. Franco: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, In play
Franco flied out to deep right
R. Arozarena: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Arozarena fouled out to third
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
Jake Diekman relieved Kevin Kelly
T. Kemp: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Kemp walked
E. Ruiz: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ruiz singled to center, Kemp to third
R. Noda: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Noda walked, Ruiz to second
S. Brown: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Brown grounded into double play second to catcher to first, Kemp out at home, Ruiz to third, Noda to second
Robert Stephenson relieved Jake Diekman
B. Rooker: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Rooker struck out swinging
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rays
A. Pruitt Pitching:
H. Ramirez: Ball, Strike looking, Ramirez grounded out to shortstop
L. Raley: Ball, Raley homered to right center
I. Paredes: Foul, Paredes singled to left
T. Walls: Ball, Ball, Walls flied out to center
M. Margot: Strike looking, Foul, Margot flied out to right
Middle of the 8th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Athletics
Jason Adam relieved Robert Stephenson
J. Peterson: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Peterson grounded out to first
C. Perez: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
J. Bleday: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Bleday struck out looking
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rays
A. Pruitt Pitching:
F. Mejia: Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Mejia flied out to deep right
J. Lowe: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Lowe fouled out to third
W. Franco: Strike looking, Ball, Franco singled to right
R. Arozarena: Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Franco caught stealing second, catcher to second
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Athletics
Peter Fairbanks relieved Jason Adam
Jonah Bride hit for Kevin Smith
J. Bride: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Bride popped out to second
T. Kemp: Kemp flied out to right
E. Ruiz: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ruiz struck out swinging
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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