Still, it’s a step in the right direction for the former All-Star first baseman.
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Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off Ramirez with one out in the eighth inning and the A’s held on to beat the Rays 3-2 on Sunday.
“I just have to learn from every game, the ups and downs”, Manaea said before the Rays’ 7-3 victory in the series opener.
“It’s one of those things where I really haven’t had any opportunities to be frustrated”, he said. I just haven’t had my number called a lot.
Ramirez just didn’t know how good – and on a day in which Tampa Bay’s offense slumbered through most of the game, it turned out to be just enough to send manager Kevin Cash’s ballclub spiraling to a third consecutive loss.
Dodgers 7, Cardinals 2: Adrian Gonzalez hit his eighth homer, red-hot Justin Turner got two more RBIs and Los Angeles ended the Cardinals’ five-game winning streak.
Moore allowed a three-run homer to Jake Smolinski in the second but nothing else in seven innings to earn his first win in eight road starts this season.
Friday was Manaea’s first start of the second half, although it was his second game, because he threw five innings of relief last Sunday when Rich Hill’s blister gave way. “I thought at the start of the fifth inning I made some pretty good pitches, and suddenly it’s first and second with nobody out and then it didn’t go well from there”. “He’s staying positive. but this has been a tough year for him, based on the fact he’s asked to do something he’s not used to doing”.
Trailing 3-1 in the ninth, they got a game-tying two-run homer from Jake Smolinski off Alex Colome. Athletics: RHP Jesse Hahn (2-4) is expected to be called up from Nashville to start against Tampa Bay. Tiresome (4-2) got the victory and Ryan Madson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save.
Orioles 5, Indians 2: Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 30th home run, and Baltimore beat Cleveland in a duel between first-place teams. “I feel like when you come from behind or make surges late, once you do them you have confidence as a team that you’re going to do it”.
Tampa Bay Rays’ Steven Souza Jr. reacts after striking out swinging against Oakland Athletics pi …
Location for his sixth homer of the season?
Beckham homered and then sparked a four-run inning with his eighth straight hit over three games to lead the Rays to their first three-game winning streak since June 12-15. The right-hander walked one and matched his season-high of five strikeouts. Tampa Bay had taken a 3-1 lead off Graveman on Logan Forsyth’s two-out, two-strike RBI single in the seventh.
Healy followed with a single to put the runners on the corner, but Odorizzi remained stout and got pinch-hitter Danny Valencia on a foul pop to end the inning. He took the loss on May 14 at Tropicana Field, allowing four runs over 5 2/3 innings in a 6-0 defeat. He struck out four and walked two. Bruce Maxwell was called up from Triple-A Nashville before the game to replace the veteran catcher….
With only one fully healthy player (Matt McBride) available off the bench Melvin was asked if he had any pitchers he’d consider using as positional players if the need arose.
“Needless to say, Odo was exceptional, ” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “I hope I don’t get to that point”. RHP Brad Boxberger threw 22 pitches in a rehab outing and is hopeful of rejoining the big league club in Los Angeles.
Athletics: OF Josh Reddick was scratched from the lineup because of lower back soreness…. Oakland has lost 10 of its last 11 games started by a left-handed opposing pitcher.
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“There’s a little bit of chip on my shoulder”, Hahn said before the A’s rallied for a 4-3 walk-off win in the ninth inning on Saturday night, their second straight walk-off win against the Rays.
