Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

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Athletics

36-53, 21-26 Away

Final
5 - 6

Tampa Bay Rays

48-39, 28-25 Home

Rays get 3 homers, strong start from Pepiot to avoid sweep with 6-5 win over Athletics

Jake Mangum blazes the bases for an electric inside-the-park homer

Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, the Rays batted around and scored five runs. Lowe’s leadoff shot tied the contest, Brandon Lowe followed with a double to extend his major-league leading hitting streak to 18 games and Díaz put Tampa Bay ahead with a two-run homer.

Pepiot (6-6) pitched six innings, allowing four hits and two runs — on Brent Rooker and Max Schuemann solo homers — walking three with nine strikeouts. He fanned five of his last six batters.

Mangum got the Rays on the board with an inside-the-park homer, crushing a slider to the deepest part of the park, just out of reach of center fielder Denzel Clarke. The first such homer by a Rays player in two years, it was the 24th in franchise history.

Max Muncy also homered for the A’s, which got three hits from Schuemann. Second baseman Luis Urías departed in the sixth with right hamstring tightness.

Key moment Down 6-2 entering the ninth, the A’s quickly scored three runs. With Rays closer Pete Fairbanks unavailable after pitching the last two days, Edwin Uceta loaded the bases with one out, then fanned Rooker and Nick Kurtz to end the game for his first save of the season.

Key stat Rays pitchers recorded a season-best 17 strikeouts, one day after fanning 15 Athletics on Tuesday night.

Up next The A’s return home to face the Giants on Friday, starting LHP JP Sears (6-7, 5.09). San Francisco is undecided on its starter. Tampa Bay begins a 10-game road trip at Minnesota on Friday, with RHP Zack Littell (7-7, 3.61 ERA) on the mound. The Twins have yet to announce a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kurtz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rooker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom reached on infield single to first, Urshela scored, Butler to second, Schuemann to third.
	9th Inning	Butler singled to right, Schuemann to second, Urshela to third.
	9th Inning	Butler hit for Clarke
	9th Inning	Schuemann singled to left, Urshela to second.

Statistics

ATH		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
17	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	21
40	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
6.4	Runs Created	6.1
.278	Batting Average	.303
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.556	Slugging Percentage	.636
.389	Secondary Average	.364
.333	On Base Percentage	.303
.889	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.939
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.8
42.0	Batter Rating	48.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.278	Isolated Power	.333
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.5	MLB Rating	94.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0