Oakland 5, Tampa Bay 4
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, August 20, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
John Hirschbeck, 2B -
James Hoye, 3B -
Lazaro Diaz
Attendance:
13207
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The Oakland A's rallied with two runs in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
Rajai Davis hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to tie the score at 4-4 and Kevin Kouzmanoff scored on second baseman Ben Zobrist's fielding error on shot by Cliff Pennington for the go-ahead run.
Henry Rodriguez (1-0) got the win with a perfect eighth and Craig Breslow earned his second save with a perfect ninth.
Joaquin Benoit (0-2) took the loss.
Zobrist hit his seventh homer with two out in the seventh off reliever Jerry Blevins to snap a 3-3 tie, but the Athletics came right back.
Tampa Bay starter Jeremy Hellickson allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts.
Matt Joyce gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run single and John Jaso made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the second.
Oakland’s Daric Barton hit a two-run single in the third and Jack Cust tied the score at 3-3 with his ninth homer in the sixth off Hellickson.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Oakland |
|
Jeremy Hellickson
|
Player |
Vin Mazzaro |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.1 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
7 |
Hits |
3 |
|
4.26 |
ERA |
1.42 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay |
|
Oakland |
|
Matt Joyce
| Player |
Kevin Kouzmanoff |
|
1 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
1 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.129 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
| Oakland
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.242 |
14 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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