Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

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Athletics

61-92, 32-46 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

93-59, 53-25 Home

Rays open 5-game AL East lead, beat Athletics 10-1 for 6th straight win

Junior Caminero snags drink from the A's bullpen

Liam Hicks, Chandler Simpson, Richie Palacios and Taylor Walls had two RBI each for the AL-best Rays (93-59), who are assured of no worse than a wild card and are nearing their first AL East title since 2021. Simpson hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a six-run fourth.

Tampa Bay took three games from the A’s in its 16th series sweep, the most by an team since the 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers had 16. The Rays have 10 games left, including a four-game series next week at the second-place New York Yankees. They have won 10 of 12 and 16 of 23, moving 34 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2023 season.

Simpson had two hits and raised his batting average to an AL-best .311. He stole two bases, raising his AL-high total to 44.

Rasmussen (15-5) allowed four hits and two walks, stranding runners in scoring position in the third and fifth innings. Tampa Bay has won his last 11 starts, the most for a team behind an AL pitcher coming out of the All-Star break since Minnesota’s Johan Santana had 12 in 2006.

Former Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs (4-14) gave up six runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings. He is 1-14 in 24 starts since opening 3-0 in his first four outings.

Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler had two hits and homered in the sixth off Casey Legumina. A’s reliever Joe Rock became the team’s 60th player this season.

Up Next Athletics: Open a three-game series Friday at Cleveland, which starts RHP Daniel Espino (0-0, 2.92 ERA).

Rays: LHP Ian Seymour (9-6. 4.27) starts Friday at home against Boston, which goes with LHP Ranger Suarez (7-4, 3.33).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Heim grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Williams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	White struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cook relieved Matz
	8th Inning	Simpson grounded into fielder's choice to second, Fraley out at second.
	8th Inning	Rom relieved Tur

Statistics

ATH		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
3	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	9
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
7	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	172
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.9	Runs Created	5.6
.156	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.281
.281	Secondary Average	.438
.229	On Base Percentage	.405
.479	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
2.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.0
15.0	Batter Rating	52.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.094	Isolated Power	.063
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.90
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.214
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.219
2.0	Runs Produced	19.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.8	MLB Rating	88.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0