Athletics 5 - 3 Rays
Final
  for this game

Devil Rays look to take series from Athletics

May 6, 2007 - 3:05 PM Oakland (14-15) at Tampa Bay (14-16) 1:40 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will see if they get the best of the Oakland Athletics once again.

The Devil Rays look to take their third straight series and second from the Athletics when they wrap up a three-game set on Sunday.

Tampa Bay bounced back from a 5-2 loss in the opener the day before with a 3-2 victory in 12 innings on Saturday. Ty Wigginton hit the tying home run off Huston Street in the ninth inning and Brendan Harris plated on the winning run on a two-out single.

Edwin Jackson (0-4, 7.36 ERA) takes the mound for the Devil Rays looking to forget his last start in which he lasted only 1 1/3 innings. The righthander was roughed up for six runs - four earned - and five hits in his shortest outing of his career, a 9-1 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.

Jackson has never faced Oakland.

Athletics starter Joe Blanton (2-1, 3.83) will attempt to turn around his struggles against the Devil Rays. The righthander is 1-2 with a 6.94 ERA in five career starts vs. Tampa Bay.

A 16-game winner last season, Blanton gave up four runs and six hits in seven innings in his last start Tuesday, a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox that he did not factor into.

Nick Swisher has returned to the Oakland lineup and is swinging a hot bat. He hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the opener and added two hits an RBI on Saturday. He had been out since April 24 with a left hamstring injury before coming back on Wednesday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 8 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - JOE BLANTON, ALAN EMBREE (8TH), HUSTON STREET (9TH) AND ADAM
    MELHUSE
    TAM - EDWIN JACKSON, GARY GLOVER (7TH), RUDDY LUGO
    (9TH) AND JOSH PAUL

    HOME RUNS: OAK

    May 6 4:26 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JACK CUST (1) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF GARY GLOVER.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 5, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: B CROSBY (.224, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 3:47 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK SWISHER (6) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF EDWIN JACKSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: E CHAVEZ (.240, 1-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 3:31 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY BOBBY CROSBY ALLOWED CARLOS PENA TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J PAUL ON FIRST, B HARRIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
    TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: R BALDELLI (.248, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 2:59 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, C PENA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
    TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J PAUL (.250, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 2:57 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM MELHUSE SCORED ERIC CHAVEZ AND JACK CUST.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A MELHUSE ON FIRST, M ELLIS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D PUTNAM (.143, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 2:32 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY B.J. UPTON (6) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    2ND OFF JOE BLANTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.239, 4 HR, 14 RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 2:13 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 1 1 3 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - JOE BLANTON
    TAM - EDWIN JACKSON

    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: R BALDELLI (.252, 5 HR, 12 RBI)
    E DUKES (.235, 4 HR, 6 RBI)
    C CRAWFORD (.277, 4 HR, 17 RB

    Athletics vs. RaysMay 6 1:54 PM

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