ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays have used strong pitching and timely hitting to reach the top of the standings.
Alex Colome and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, David DeJesus drove in two runs and the Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0 on Thursday night to take sole possession of first place in the AL East.
"I think you embrace playing good baseball," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "You want to be in this position at the end of the year. It's always nice to be here where we're at, so we wouldn't change anything, but I don't think we'll get too caught up where we're at this given point."
Colome (3-1) gave up four hits over five innings. Steve Geltz, Kevin Jepsen, Jake McGee and Brad Boxberger, who pitched the ninth for his 12th save, all threw an inning.
DeJesus had an RBI double in the fourth and hit a solo homer during a two-run seventh that put Tampa Bay up 3-0.
"When we get a win, that's the most important thing," DeJesus said. "That's why we're here."
The Rays (23-19), who took a half-game lead over the idle New York Yankees, have held opponents to two or fewer runs in 21 of 42 games this season.
Jesse Chavez (1-4) allowed three runs and five hits in six-plus innings for Oakland, which has lost 13 of 15. It's the first time the A's (14-29) have been 15-games under .500 since Sept. 27, 2011.
Brandon Guyer scored the other seventh-inning run after hitting a single, stealing second and third, and scoring on Bobby Wilson's groundout that hit reliever Edward Mujica and broke his right thumb. The thumb also required several stitches for a cut.
"It's a minor fracture," Mujica said. "The tendon and everything is fine. Just have to get the swelling down and get the fracture out and start throwing."
Mujica will be going on the disabled list.
Billy Burns opened the game with a triple, but was left stranded after some questionable baserunning. He didn't try to advance on Marcus Semien's fly to center that appeared deep enough for him to score on and then nearly got doubled up on Josh Reddick's grounder to first.
"He didn't mean to do it, just took off too early and once he realized he did that, he had to go back," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.
Oakland also failed to score in the fourth after loading the bases with two outs when Sam Fuld, mired in a 3-for-48 slide, hit a grounder.
The Athletics put two on with two outs in the ninth before Brett Lawrie struck out.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Athletics: OF Coco Crisp (neck) will see a specialist Friday. ... INF-OF Ben Zobrist (left knee) will join Triple-A Nashville Friday and could return early next week. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (shoulder) will throw an inning Friday for Nashville. ... LHP Eric O'Flaherty (shoulder) will have his first bullpen session Saturday. ... LHP Drew Pomeranz had a cortisone shot in the AC joint of his throwing shoulder and could shortly resume throwing.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) is scheduled to throw two innings in his first extended spring training game Saturday.
GRADUATION DAY
Oakland pitching coach Curt Young missed the game to attend his daughter's high school graduation.
MILESTONE GAME
Rays 3B Evan Longoria played in his 1,000th major league game. He got his 1,000th hit May 5 against Boston.
ODD BALL
Colome was called for an automatic ball by umpire Joe West during Semien's at-bat in the third for going to the mouth with his fingers while on the mound.
UP NEXT
Athletics LHP Scott Kazmir (2-2, 3.08 ERA) will face his old team Friday. The Rays will start RHP Chris Archer (4-4. 2.47 ERA).
Alex Colome and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, David DeJesus drove in two runs and the Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0 on Thursday night to take sole possession of first place in the AL East.
"I think you embrace playing good baseball," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "You want to be in this position at the end of the year. It's always nice to be here where we're at, so we wouldn't change anything, but I don't think we'll get too caught up where we're at this given point."
Colome (3-1) gave up four hits over five innings. Steve Geltz, Kevin Jepsen, Jake McGee and Brad Boxberger, who pitched the ninth for his 12th save, all threw an inning.
DeJesus had an RBI double in the fourth and hit a solo homer during a two-run seventh that put Tampa Bay up 3-0.
"When we get a win, that's the most important thing," DeJesus said. "That's why we're here."
The Rays (23-19), who took a half-game lead over the idle New York Yankees, have held opponents to two or fewer runs in 21 of 42 games this season.
Jesse Chavez (1-4) allowed three runs and five hits in six-plus innings for Oakland, which has lost 13 of 15. It's the first time the A's (14-29) have been 15-games under .500 since Sept. 27, 2011.
Brandon Guyer scored the other seventh-inning run after hitting a single, stealing second and third, and scoring on Bobby Wilson's groundout that hit reliever Edward Mujica and broke his right thumb. The thumb also required several stitches for a cut.
"It's a minor fracture," Mujica said. "The tendon and everything is fine. Just have to get the swelling down and get the fracture out and start throwing."
Mujica will be going on the disabled list.
Billy Burns opened the game with a triple, but was left stranded after some questionable baserunning. He didn't try to advance on Marcus Semien's fly to center that appeared deep enough for him to score on and then nearly got doubled up on Josh Reddick's grounder to first.
"He didn't mean to do it, just took off too early and once he realized he did that, he had to go back," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.
Oakland also failed to score in the fourth after loading the bases with two outs when Sam Fuld, mired in a 3-for-48 slide, hit a grounder.
The Athletics put two on with two outs in the ninth before Brett Lawrie struck out.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Athletics: OF Coco Crisp (neck) will see a specialist Friday. ... INF-OF Ben Zobrist (left knee) will join Triple-A Nashville Friday and could return early next week. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (shoulder) will throw an inning Friday for Nashville. ... LHP Eric O'Flaherty (shoulder) will have his first bullpen session Saturday. ... LHP Drew Pomeranz had a cortisone shot in the AC joint of his throwing shoulder and could shortly resume throwing.
Rays: LHP Matt Moore (elbow surgery) is scheduled to throw two innings in his first extended spring training game Saturday.
GRADUATION DAY
Oakland pitching coach Curt Young missed the game to attend his daughter's high school graduation.
MILESTONE GAME
Rays 3B Evan Longoria played in his 1,000th major league game. He got his 1,000th hit May 5 against Boston.
ODD BALL
Colome was called for an automatic ball by umpire Joe West during Semien's at-bat in the third for going to the mouth with his fingers while on the mound.
UP NEXT
Athletics LHP Scott Kazmir (2-2, 3.08 ERA) will face his old team Friday. The Rays will start RHP Chris Archer (4-4. 2.47 ERA).
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Oakland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Burns tripled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Semien flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Reddick grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Kiermaier lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking, Souza Jr. safe at first on passed ball by Vogt. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Loney singled to left, Souza Jr. to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Vogt flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Muncy flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrie grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| DeJesus fouled out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Guyer struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Fuld grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Sogard singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Burns popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Sogard to second on balk by Colomé. | 0 | 0 |
| Semien struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Wilson grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Reddick lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Vogt singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Muncy walked, Vogt to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrie reached on infield single to shortstop, Vogt to third, Muncy to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Fuld grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Longoria walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Loney popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| DeJesus doubled to deep left center, Longoria scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Guyer popped out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Sogard struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Burns struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Semien grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Franklin lined out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Wilson fouled out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Kiermaier stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Steven Geltz pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Geltz relieved Colomé. | 0 | 1 |
| Reddick flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Butler popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Vogt struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Longoria lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Loney grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Jepsen pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Jepsen relieved Geltz. | 0 | 1 |
| Muncy grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Lawrie struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Fuld walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Fuld caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| DeJesus homered to right (395 feet). | 0 | 2 |
| Guyer singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Mujica relieved Chavez. | 0 | 2 |
| Franklin struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Guyer stole second. | 0 | 2 |
| Guyer stole third. | 0 | 2 |
| Wilson lined out to pitcher, Guyer scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Rodriguez relieved Mujica. | 0 | 3 |
| Kiermaier lined out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| McGee relieved Jepsen. | 0 | 3 |
| Canha hit for Sogard. | 0 | 3 |
| Canha struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Burns struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Semien lined out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Angel Castro pitching for Oakland | OAK | TB |
| Muncy at third base. | 0 | 3 |
| Lawrie at second base. | 0 | 3 |
| Canha at first base. | 0 | 3 |
| Castro relieved Rodriguez. | 0 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Longoria reached on infield single to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Loney grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Longoria out at second, Loney to second on throwing error by second baseman Lawrie. | 0 | 3 |
| Forsythe singled to right, Loney to third. | 0 | 3 |
| DeJesus grounded out to second. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | OAK | TB |
| Boxberger relieved McGee. | 0 | 3 |
| Reddick singled to right center. | 0 | 3 |
| Butler struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Reddick to second on fielder's indifference. | 0 | 3 |
| Vogt flied out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Muncy reached on bunt single to third, Reddick to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Lawrie struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Burns CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .309 | .347 | .368 |
| Semien SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .302 | .344 | .485 |
| Reddick RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .304 | .377 | .519 |
| Butler DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .263 | .313 | .383 |
| Vogt C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .305 | .408 | .593 |
| Muncy 1B-3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .290 | .378 | .581 |
| Lawrie 3B-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .280 | .312 | .366 |
| Fuld LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .196 | .281 | .299 |
| Sogard 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .259 | .281 | .311 |
a-Canha PH-1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .212 | .276 | .372 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 152 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for E Sogard in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Burns (1, Colomé) Athletics RISP: 2-8 (Lawrie 1-2, Semien 0-1, Vogt 0-1, Reddick 0-1, Muncy 1-1, Fuld 0-1, Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Fuld (1, 2nd base by Jepsen/Wilson) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Lawrie (7, throw) PB: Vogt. | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| P E.MUJICA (THUMB) LEFT GAME BOT 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 10,605 (31.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:58 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gabe Morales, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Rob Drake, Third Base - Joe West |
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