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Athletics look to stay hot against Devil Rays
Aug 24, 2007 - 2:33 PM Oakland (65-64) at Tampa Bay (48-79) 7:10 pm EDTST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Oakland Athletics will look to win a season-high sixth straight game when they continue a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Friday.
The Athletics routed the Devil Rays, 12-2, in Thursday's opener to move above .500 for the first time since July 7 when they had a 44-43 record. Oakland has won nine of its last 11 games and 16 of its last 22.
Lenny DiNardo (8-6, 3.13) will look to extend the win streak when he toes the rubber for the A's. DiNardo is 5-0 over his previous seven starts, posting a 3.67 ERA over that span.
In his last start, the 27-year-old lefthander dominated the Kansas City Royals, allowing just one run and five hits over eight innings on Sunday.
While Oakland is on fire, the Devil Rays are ice cold. With Thursday's loss, Tampa Bay fell to a season-low 31 games below .500.
James Shields (9-8, 4.18) will try to get the Devil Rays a win when he takes the mound. Shields has had a solid season despite Tampa Bay's woes, as the righthander is on pace to become the first Tampa Bay pitcher since Tanyon Sturtze in 2002 to log 200 innings. He is sixth in the American League with 154 strikeouts.
Shields did not factor in the decision during his last start despite allowing just two runs over six innings as the Devil Rays beat the American League Central leaders, the Cleveland Indians, 4-3, in 12 innings on Sunday.
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OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
TAMPA BAY 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 x 12 15 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: OAK - LENNY DINARDO, RUDDY LUGO (3RD), SANTIAGO CASILLA (6TH), JAY
MARSHALL (7TH) AND ROB BOWEN
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS, GRANT BALFOUR (9TH) AND DIONER
NAVARRO
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Aug 24 9:54 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAN JOHNSON (13) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 9TH OFF JAMES SHIELDS SCORED MIKE PIAZZA.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 12
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J FURMANIAK (.111, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 9:45 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CARL CRAWFORD SCORED JONNY GOMES AND JOSH WILSON.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C CRAWFORD ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 12 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.265, 1-FOR-1, 3 BB, RBI)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 9:25 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY B.J. UPTON (19) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 6TH OFF SANTIAGO CASILLA SCORED CARLOS PENA.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, TAMPA BAY 10
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.286, 2-FOR-3, RBI)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 9:06 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY DIONER NAVARRO SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS AND JONNY
GOMES.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D NAVARRO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 8 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J WILSON (.256, 0-FOR-2)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 8:47 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED B.J. UPTON.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, D YOUNG ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.256, 0-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 8:05 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DELMON YOUNG SCORED CARLOS PENA.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, B UPTON ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.285, 0-FOR-0, SAC)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 8:02 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B UPTON ON FIRST, C PENA ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.285, 1-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 7:59 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CARLOS PENA SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C PENA ON SECOND, C CRAWFORD ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.303, 0-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 7:57 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DIONER NAVARRO (6) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 2ND OFF LENNY DINARDO SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, TAMPA BAY 2
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J WILSON (.260, 0 HR, 16 RBI)
Athletics vs. RaysAug 24 7:38 PM
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