MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics

· Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
49-22, 18-15 Away
Final
6 - 3
Oakland Athletics
19-51, 9-25 Home

MLB-leading Rays snap A’s 7-game winning streak with 6-3 victory

Christian Bethancourt, Manuel Margot and Yandy Díaz also drove in runs for the MLB-best Rays (49-22).

“It was really encouraging,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “We started out of the gates swinging the bat well.”

The Rays are the only team in the majors that has yet to lose three games in a row this season. They have lost back-to-back games seven times.

“The game has its ups and downs. Everyone needs to make their adjustments,” Margot said through a translator. “We all trust each other. We’ve just got to keep on working and trusting the work that we do.”

The A's lost on the night they cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium. The deal still needs the governor’s signature and approval from MLB, but both are anticipated.

A night after drawing a season-high crowd of 27,759 as part of a “ reverse boycott,” the A’s announced an attendance of 7,055 on Wednesday.

JJ Bleday homered for Oakland (19-51), which remained percentage points ahead of Kansas City to avoid the worst record in the majors.

Bethancourt put Tampa Bay ahead in the second inning with a sacrifice fly.

Bleday responded with a three-run homer off Tyler Glasnow in the bottom of the second, his fourth of the year.

Glasnow (2-0) allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked four.

“Not the sharpest tonight, but I guess I’ll give myself credit for battling,” Glasnow said.

Margot and Díaz had RBI doubles in the fifth to tie the game at 3. Lowe followed with an RBI single to regain the lead.

Luis Medina (1-6) gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking one.

Oakland loaded the bases with one out in the sixth, but Aledmys Díaz grounded into an inning-ending double play.

“We got guys out there all night. We just couldn’t get the big hit,” A's manager Mark Kotsay said. “That’s kind of the story of the game tonight.”

Margot scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to make it 5-3. Yandy Díaz added an RBI single in the ninth.

Jason Adam recorded the final three outs for his 11th save in 15 chances.

RUNNING WILD

Oakland rookie outfielder Esteury Ruiz stole two bases to give him 33 for the season, the most in the majors. His 33 steals are tied with Rickey Henderson for the second-most by an A’s rookie, behind only Mitchell Page, who swiped 42 bags in 1977.

ROSTER MOVES

The Rays reinstated RHP Zach Littell (right shoulder fatigue) from the 15-day injured list and optioned LHP Jalen Beeks to Triple-A Durham.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: RHP Pete Fairbanks (left hip inflammation) joined the team in Oakland and could be reinstated from the 15-day IL as soon as Thursday.

Athletics: OF Ramón Laureano felt some stiffness in his left hand following a head-first slide into third base during Tuesday’s win, but he was available off the bench. “Nothing of concern going forward,” Kotsay said.

UP NEXT

Rays RHP Taj Bradley (4-3, 4.19 ERA) was scheduled to start Thursday against RHP Paul Blackburn (0-0, 3.60) in the series finale.

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 20.7%
Rays: 79.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Bleday popped out to third.
9th Inning Peterson to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Díaz struck out looking.
9th Inning Bride flied out to center.
9th Inning Peterson singled to right.
9th Inning Adam relieved Poché

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 10
10 Strikeouts 11
5 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
13 Hits 7
2 Stolen Bases 3
5 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 3
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
5 Doubles 1
14 Fly Balls 10
3 Caught Stealing 0
166 Pitches 142
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
18 Total Bases 11
41 Plate Appearances 35
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
5 Extra Base Hits 2
7.3 Runs Created 3.1
.371 Batting Average .226
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.514 Slugging Percentage .355
.257 Secondary Average .355
.439 On Base Percentage .314
.953 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .669
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
7.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.1
47.0 Batter Rating 27.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
0.40 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.05 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.06
.143 Isolated Power .129
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.36
.122 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
-.114 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .129
11.0 Runs Produced 6.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.5 Balls In Play Average 0.3
94.3 MLB Rating 76.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oakland Coliseum

Location: Oakland, California
Attendance: 7,055 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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