Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 1
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, May 7, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Todd Tichenor, 2B -
Jim Wolf, 3B -
Derryl Cousins
Attendance:
19193
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David Price allowed an unearned run over 7 2/3 solid innings and the Tampa Bay Rays continued their torrid start on the road with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday.
Sean Rodriguez drove in a pair and Willy Aybar and Reid Brignac each had RBIs as Tampa Bay won its fifth in a row and improved to 13-1 away from home.
Price (4-1) surrendered just three hits - all singles - while striking out six and walking four.
Rafael Soriano struck out two in the ninth for the save.
Gio Gonzalez (3-2) was dealt the loss despite a steady performance. He allowed three runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and five walks in seven innings.
Aybar started the scoring with a single in the fourth and Rodriguez made it 3-0 in the seventh with a two-run double. Brignac added a run-scoring single in the ninth.
Oakland broke the shutout when Jake Fox came home on Evan Longoria’s throwing error in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.161 |
12 |
10 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
| Oakland
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
.103 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
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