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Athletics, Devil Rays look for consistency on Saturday

Aug 25, 2007 - 1:24 PM Oakland (65-65) at Tampa Bay (49-79) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - After trading lopsided wins, the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Devil Rays continue a four-game series Saturday.

Oakland rolled to a 12-2 win in the series opener. But Tampa Bay rebounded to win by the same margin Friday.

James Shields led the way for the Devil Rays on Friday, coming within two outs of his first career shutout.

Scott Kazmir (9-8, 3.65 ERA) looks to match Shields for the team lead in wins when he starts for Tampa Bay. The lefthander lost to Boston in his last start, allowing six runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Kazmir is 3-1 with a 3.18 ERA lifetime against Oakland.

Joe Blanton (11-8, 3.84 ERA) counters for Oakland. The righthander has pitched well in August, going 3-0 with a 3.96 ERA.

Oakland has won five of its last six games.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 5 x 14 20 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - JOE BLANTON, ANDREW BROWN (6TH), SANTIAGO CASILLA (7TH), JAY
    MARSHALL (8TH), KIKO CALERO (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, SCOTT DOHMANN (9TH) AND JOS

    Aug 25 10:10 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JACK HANNAHAN (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF SCOTT KAZMIR.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3, TAMPA BAY 14
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.259, 0-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:57 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSH PAUL SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J PAUL ON FIRST, J WILSON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    TAMPA BAY 14 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.289, 3-FOR-5)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:52 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSH WILSON SCORED B.J. UPTON.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J WILSON ON SECOND, D YOUNG ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    TAMPA BAY 13 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J PAUL (.200, 1-FOR-4, RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:51 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 2
    TAMPA BAY 12 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.292, 3-FOR-3, HBP, 2 RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:43 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA AND CARL
    CRAWFORD.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B UPTON ON FIRST, C PENA ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    TAMPA BAY 11 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.287, 1-FOR-4)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:42 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED DAN JOHNSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J FURMANIAK ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    TAMPA BAY 9 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: S STEWART (.291, 0-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:30 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY J.J. FURMANIAK SCORED MIKE PIAZZA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J FURMANIAK ON SECOND, D JOHNSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
    TAMPA BAY 9 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.242, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:28 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED B.J. UPTON AND DELMON
    YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B HARRIS ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    TAMPA BAY 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.262, 2-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:11 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY NICK SWISHER ALLOWED CARLOS PENA TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B UPTON ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    TAMPA BAY 7 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.285, 0-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 9:07 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSH PAUL SCORED JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J PAUL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    TAMPA BAY 6 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.288, 2-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 8:50 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JONNY GOMES SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GOMES ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J WILSON (.258, 1-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 8:48 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CARL CRAWFORD SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.266, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 8:23 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - JOE BLANTON
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR

    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SCUTARO (.259, 0-FOR-1)
    N SWISHER (.261, 0-FOR-1)
    J CUST (.273, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 7:59 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JONNY GOMES (14) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JOE BLANTON SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, TAMPA BAY 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J WILSON (.255, 0 HR, 16 RBI)

    Athletics vs. RaysAug 25 7:39 PM

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