The Rays turned this one into a power display early and never let up. Tampa Bay hit four home runs, scored in six different innings and cruised to a 12-4 win over the Athletics behind a complete game from Nick Martinez.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Martinez went the full nine innings, allowing 8 hits and 4 runs (4 earned) with 5 strikeouts and no walks. It was his 12th win of the season against 3 losses, and he carries a 2.74 ERA. The right-hander gave up a pair of runs in the fourth but settled in and let the offense pile on behind him.
Junior Caminero set the tone in the first inning, homering to center to score Díaz and give Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead it would never relinquish. Taylor Walls added two home runs of his own, one in the fourth and another in the sixth, and drove in 3 runs on the night. Victor Mesa's homer plated Hicks in the seventh, and Carson Williams delivered a three-run shot in the eighth that scored Palacios and Díaz to push the score to 12-2. Yandy Diaz also went deep in the fourth inning, and finished 1-for-5 with 3 runs scored.
Oakland starter Mason Barnett lasted just 4.0 innings, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 5 hits with 3 walks and no strikeouts, and took the loss to fall to 1-3 with a 6.16 ERA. Lawrence Butler's fourth-inning homer scored Wilson to briefly cut into the deficit, and Carlos Cortes doubled in the ninth to bring home Williams and Gelof, but the Athletics' bullpen allowed 6 runs over 5.0 innings and the deficit was already too deep to matter.
Tampa Bay extended its winning streak to eight games, improving to 73-46 and holding the top spot in its division. Oakland fell to 47-73 with its second straight loss. Diaz sits 8 RBI shy of 500 for his career.