Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

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Athletics

61-91, 32-45 Away

Final
3 - 4

Tampa Bay Rays

92-59, 52-25 Home

Nick Martinez gets 15th win as Rays beat Athletics 4-3 for 5th straight victory

Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

The Rays (92-59) extended their lead in the AL East to 4 1/2 games over the Yankees. Tampa Bay secured a postseason berth last week, the first team in the majors to do so.

Martinez (15-4) struck out three and allowed five hits, throwing just 72 pitches. He is two victories shy of AL wins leader Sonny Gray of Boston.

Kevin Kelly threw two innings and fanned four, Cam Booser tossed a scoreless eighth, and Cole Sulser worked the ninth for his third save.

The Rays went ahead 2-0 in the first inning on run-scoring doubles by DeLuca and Chandler Simpson.

Nick Fortes and Ryan Vilade each drove in a run in the second.

Tommy White homered for the A's leading off the third, a 347-footer to the left-field corner. Henry Bolte also went deep in the third, his 11th.

Shea Langeliers hit an RBI single in the sixth, extending his career-best hitting streak to 12 games.

Brady Basso (1-3) went 2 2/3 innings for the A's, surrendering four runs on seven hits. White finished with three hits.

Up next LHP Jeffrey Springs (4-13, 5.93 ERA) starts for the Athletics on Thursday as they try to avoid a three-game sweep. RHP Drew Rasmussen (14-5, 2.81) will pitch for the Rays.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Walton flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Gelof flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Sulser relieved Booser
	9th Inning	Palacios at second base.
	8th Inning	Mesa Jr. struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATH		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
34	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
3.4	Runs Created	4.1
.235	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.412
.235	Secondary Average	.206
.235	On Base Percentage	.265
.676	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.676
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
29.0	Batter Rating	37.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.26
.206	Isolated Power	.147
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.8	MLB Rating	82.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0