Tampa Bay's early burst stood up in a tense win over Oakland, with the Rays grabbing control before the Athletics chipped away.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jonny DeLuca sparked the offense with the go-ahead double, while Chandler Simpson, Nick Fortes and Ryan Vilade also produced scoring plays that gave Tampa Bay room to work.
Junior Caminero scored on DeLuca's double in the first. DeLuca then scored on Simpson's double, before Jorge Mateo came around on Fortes' double in the second and Fortes scored on Vilade's single.
Oakland answered when Tommy White and Henry Bolte homered in the third, then pulled closer when Shea Langeliers' single brought Jeff McNeil home in the sixth. Nick Martinez earned the win for Tampa Bay, and the Rays' bullpen protected the margin with Kevin Kelly, Cam Booser and Cole Sulser handling the late innings. Brady Basso took the loss for Oakland.
The result extended Tampa Bay's winning streak, while Oakland's losing streak continued. The game belonged to the early burst, but the finish demanded Tampa Bay's full attention.
Tampa Bay Rays defeated Oakland Athletics, 4-3.
- (gpid=sa:695720) went 3-for-4 with 1 home run, 1 RBI and 1 run scored (batting .259 on the season).
- Henry Bolte went 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 1 RBI and 1 run scored (batting .275 on the season).
- Shea Langeliers went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI (batting .265 on the season).
- Nick Martinez allowed 2 runs on 5 hits over 5.0 innings, striking out 3, to earn the win (15-4) (2.94 ERA).
- Brady Basso allowed 4 runs on 7 hits over 2.2 innings, and took the loss (1-3) (4.50 ERA).
- Cole Sulser allowed 0 runs on 0 hits over 1.0 inning, and closed it out for the save (3) (4.56 ERA).
Tampa Bay Rays improved to 92-59 (5 straight wins); Oakland Athletics fell to 61-91 (2 straight losses).