Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

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Athletics

61-90, 32-44 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

91-59, 51-25 Home

Junior Caminero's 2nd walk-off homer in 4 games gives the Rays a 2-1 win over the Athletics

Junior Caminero calls game with walk-off solo HR for Rays

Caminero hit the third pitch from Elvis Alvarado (5-4) just inside the foul pole in right. It was the AL-leading 41st homer this season for 23-year-old, who hit his first career walk-off homer to beat Houston on Friday.

Bryan Baker (3-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the Rays, who’ve won four in a row and are an MLB-best 35-17 since July 20.

Chandler Simpson, who began the night five points behind leader AL batting leader Yordan Alvarez of Houston, had half of the Rays’ six hits. Continuing his pursuit of a batting crown, Simpson went 3 for 3, raising his average to .308, and scored after reaching on a second-inning double.

The left fielder also made a sliding catch to rob Shea Langeliers in the ninth.

Simpson leads the AL in singles (143), triples (six) and stolen bases (41). He looks to join Maury Wills (1962), Snuffy Stirnweiss (1944), George Sisler (1922) and Ty Cobb (1911 and 1917) as the only players since 1900 to lead a league in all three categories.

The Athletics tied it in the sixth when Henry Bolte came home on a wild pitch by reliever Ty Johnson.

Griffin Jax worked five scoreless innings. He struck out seven, allowing two hits and no walks. After Bolte scored, the Rays’ bullpen retired the final 11 batters.

A’s starter Jack Perkins threw a career-best 6 2/3 innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts.

Up next Tampa Bay right-hander Nick Martinez (14-4, 2.92 ERA) will start Wednesday against Oakland LHP Brady Basso (1-2, 3.86).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caminero homered to right (345 feet).
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Harris
	9th Inning	Butler flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Langeliers lined out to left.
	9th Inning	McNeil flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Kelly

Statistics

ATH		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	108
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	10
31	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.5	Runs Created	2.1
.129	Batting Average	.207
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.345
.032	Secondary Average	.207
.129	On Base Percentage	.233
.290	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.578
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
-0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.3
8.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.032	Isolated Power	.138
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
1.0	Runs Produced	3.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
59.3	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0