Rays use balanced offense to beat A's, 6-1
The Rays used a balanced offense to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Monday night.
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The Rays used a balanced offense to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Monday night.
Manuel Margot hit a game-ending single during Tampa Bay's two-run 10th inning, and the Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 9-8 on Tuesday night.
Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the fifth, Mike Brosseau added a tiebreaking drive the following inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the A's 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.
Lefty Sean Manaea's bid to pitch baseball's second no-hitter of the night Friday ended on a leadoff double in the eighth inning by high school teammate Mike Brosseau, then Seth Brown hit a game-ending homer as the A's beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1
Tyler Glasnow struck out 10 in seven innings Wednesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 2-0.
Brett Phillips hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 4-3 win over Oakland, handing the Athletics their second loss in 16 games.
Sean Murphy homered, Sean Manaea got some key defensive help and the Oakland Athletics bounced back a day after their 13-game winning streak ended, edging the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Monday night.
Mookie Betts bolted from third for the go-ahead run on Corey Seager's infield grounder in the sixth and led off the eighth with a punctuating homer, and the Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to claim their first championship since 1988.
Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at its own game 5-1 in the AL wild-card round Wednesday night.
Matt Chapman homered in the third inning and doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh and the A's held on to beat the Rays 4-2 on Saturday.
Willy Adames homered and threw out a runner at home, and the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the A's on Friday night.
Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the A's stunned the skidding Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-4 comeback victory Thursday night.
The home runs keep flying, with Major League teams hitting them out at a rate that far exceeds the 2017 record-setting season.
Clayton Kershaw looked good in season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers after dealing with shoulder inflammation in Spring Training.
The Giants offense struggled yet again as they lost to the Rays 3-0 on Sunday afternoon, dropping 2 out of 3 games against Tampa Bay.
None of the Tampa Bay Rays wanted to see their old pal San Francisco Giant's Evan Longoria in the batter's box with the game on the line in the ninth inning and two outs.
The Oakland Athletics have clinched their first playoff berth in four years, earning at least an American League wild card when the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the New York Yankees.
Khris Davis hit a grand slam in the ninth inning but the A's again came up short, beaten by the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Sunday.
Khris Davis led off the 10th inning with his major league-leading 42nd homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Friday night.
Some MLB teams are already looking to next season and beyond, but even their fans have something to be hopeful about.
Daniel Mengden allowed three runs over eight innings and the A's beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep.
Nathan Eovaldi pitched six innings of no-hit ball in his return to the majors following a second Tommy John surgery, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-0 victory over the A's on Wednesday night.
C.J. Cron, Joey Wendle and Wilson Ramos hit consecutive home runs in the third inning and the Rays beat the A's 4-3 on Tuesday night.
The San Francisco Giants have acquired infielder Evan Longoria and cash from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Denard Span, infielder Christian Arroyo and two minor league pitchers.
Gray struck out six pitching into the seventh in what might have been his final home start in Oakland if the club tries to deal him before the trade deadline, and the Athletics rallied in the fifth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Wednesday.
