AL: OAKLAND at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - OAKLAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 2 TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 x 7 7 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, ALAN EMBREE (7TH), HUSTON STREET (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), GARY GLOVER (7TH), DAN WHEELER (7TH), AL REYES (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO HOME RUNS: OAK - KURT SUZUKI (5) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 7TH, 0 ON TAM - B.J. UPTON (20) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON CARLOS PENA (29) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 6TH, 0 ON CARLOS PENA (30) OFF HUSTON STREET IN THE 8TH, 1 ON</div>
AL: OAKLAND at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - OAKLAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 2 TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 x 7 7 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, ALAN EMBREE (7TH), HUSTON STREET (8TH) AND KURT SUZUKI TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), GARY GLOVER (7TH), DAN WHEELER (7TH), AL REYES (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO WP - ANDY SONNANSTINE (3-9) LP - DAN HAREN (14-5) SAVE - AL REYES (20) HOME RUNS: OAK - KURT SUZUKI (5) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 7TH, 0 ON TAM - B.J. UPTON (20) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON CARLOS PENA (29) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 6TH, 0 ON CARLOS PENA (30) OFF HUSTON STREET IN THE 8TH, 1 ON TIME: 3:01 ATT: 19,044 PROBABLES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON (4-12, 5.49) CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS (6-16, 6.18) PROBABLES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT (7-7, 3.85) OAK - ESTEBAN LOAIZA (1-0, 1.17)</div>
AL: OAKLAND at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">OAKLAND (4) VS TAMPA BAY (7) - FINAL OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Stewart lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .288 J DaVanon cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .257 N Swisher rf 5 0 3 0 0 2 0 .265 J Cust dh 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .270 D Johnson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .233 M Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 .263 J Hannahan 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .268 K Suzuki c 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .258 J Furmaniak ss 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 .200 a-M Piazza ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 M Scutaro ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Totals 37 4 11 4 3 13 16 a-struck out looking for J Furmaniak in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - J Hannahan (4, A Sonnanstine); K Suzuki (9, A Sonnanstine); N Swisher (27, Al Reyes). HR - K Suzuki (5, 7th inning off G Glover 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Hannahan (7), K Suzuki 2 (22), J Cust (69). 2-out RBI - J Hannahan, K Suzuki, J Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 2, J Cust 1, J DaVanon 1, J Furmaniak 1. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: E - J Hannahan (1, throw); J Furmaniak (1, throw). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Gomes dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .256 C Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .312 C Pena 1b 4 2 2 3 0 2 0 .272 B Upton cf 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 .307 D Young rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .288 B Harris 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .289 J Wilson ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .261 J Guzman 3b 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 .286 D Navarro c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .205 Totals 32 7 7 6 1 13 4 BATTING: 2B - J Wilson (10, A Embree). 3B - J Guzman (1, D Haren). HR - B Upton (20, 2nd inning off D Haren 0 on, 0 Out), C Pena 2 (30, 6th inning off D Haren 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off H Street 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Upton (63), J Guzman 2 (3), C Pena 3 (86). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Gomes 1. Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: Outfield assists - B Upton (J Cust at Home). PB - D Navarro. DP: 1 (B Upton-D Navarro). ---------------------------------------------------- OAKLAND - 020 000 200 -- 4 TAMPA BAY - 010 031 02x -- 7 ---------------------------------------------------- OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era D Haren (L, 14-5) 6 4 5 3 0 10 2 2.72 A Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.37 H Street 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 2.94 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine (W, 3-9) 5 5 2 2 2 7 0 6.37 S Dohmann (H, 1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.93 G Glover (H, 8) 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 5.29 D Wheeler (H, 5) 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 5.40 Al Reyes (S, 20) 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.53 A Sonnanstine pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Pitches-strikes: D Haren 104-67; A Embree 30-20; H Street 17-11; A Sonnanstine 96-57; S Dohmann 8-6; G Glover 25-16; D Wheeler 24-16; Al Reyes 20-14. Ground balls-fly balls: D Haren 4-5; A Embree 0-2; H Street 1-0; A Sonnanstine 4-4; S Dohmann 1-1; G Glover 0-1; D Wheeler 2-0; Al Reyes 0-0. Batters faced: D Haren 23; A Embree 5; H Street 5; A Sonnanstine 22; S Dohmann 3; G Glover 5; D Wheeler 6; Al Reyes 4. UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Mike Winters. 3B--Adrian Johnson. T--3:01. Att--19,044. Weather: INDOORS</div>
AL: OAKLAND at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OAKLAND (4) AT TAMPA BAY (7) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OAKLAND 2ND: J Cust grounded out to shortstop. D Johnson singled to right. M Ellis struck out swinging. J Hannahan doubled to deep center, D Johnson scored. K Suzuki doubled to deep center, J Hannahan scored. J Furmaniak struck out looking. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Upton homered to center. D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris struck out swinging. J Wilson grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Young singled to left. B Harris struck out looking. J Wilson reached on fielder's choice to third, D Young safe at second on throwing error by third baseman J Hannahan. J Guzman tripled to deep center, D Young and J Wilson scored, J Guzman scored on throwing error by shortstop J Furmaniak. D Navarro flied out to right. J Gomes lined out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 4. TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Crawford bunt grounded out to pitcher. C Pena homered to right. B Upton struck out looking. D Young struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 5. OAKLAND 7TH: G Glover relieved S Dohmann. K Suzuki homered to left. J Furmaniak singled to left. J Furmaniak to second on passed ball by D Navarro. S Stewart lined out to center. J DaVanon struck out swinging. N Swisher singled to right, J Furmaniak to third. D Wheeler relieved G Glover. J Cust singled to right, J Furmaniak scored, N Swisher to second. D Johnson walked, N Swisher to third, J Cust to second. M Ellis struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 8TH: M Scutaro at shortstop. H Street relieved A Embree. C Crawford singled to left. C Pena homered to left, C Crawford scored. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 7.</div>
AL: OAKLAND at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OAKLAND (4) AT TAMPA BAY (7) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, J DaVanon CF, N Swisher RF, J Cust DH, D Johnson 1B, M Ellis 2B, J Hannahan 3B, K Suzuki C, J Furmaniak SS, D Haren RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- J Gomes DH, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton CF, D Young RF, B Harris 2B, J Wilson SS, J Guzman 3B, D Navarro C, A Sonnanstine RHP. Umpires -- Bruce Froemming (HP), Mark Wegner (1B), Mike Winters (2B), Adrian Johnson (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart flied out to right. J DaVanon grounded out to shortstop. N Swisher struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: J Gomes popped out to second. C Crawford struck out swinging. C Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 0, TAMPA BAY 0. OAKLAND 2ND: J Cust grounded out to shortstop. D Johnson singled to right. M Ellis struck out swinging. J Hannahan doubled to deep center, D Johnson scored. K Suzuki doubled to deep center, J Hannahan scored. J Furmaniak struck out looking. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Upton homered to center. D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris struck out swinging. J Wilson grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. OAKLAND 3RD: S Stewart grounded out to third. J DaVanon grounded out to first. N Swisher struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Guzman flied out to center. D Navarro struck out swinging. J Gomes fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust flied out to left. D Johnson struck out swinging. M Ellis struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Crawford struck out swinging. C Pena struck out swinging. B Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. OAKLAND 5TH: J Hannahan flied out to left. K Suzuki reached on infield single to shortstop. J Furmaniak struck out looking. S Stewart walked, K Suzuki to second. J DaVanon flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Young singled to left. B Harris struck out looking. J Wilson reached on fielder's choice to third, D Young safe at second on throwing error by third baseman J Hannahan. J Guzman tripled to deep center, D Young and J Wilson scored, J Guzman scored on throwing error by shortstop J Furmaniak. D Navarro flied out to right. J Gomes lined out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 4. OAKLAND 6TH: N Swisher singled to deep right. J Cust walked, N Swisher to second. S Dohmann relieved A Sonnanstine. D Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to third, N Swisher out at third, J Cust to second. M Ellis singled to left, J Cust to third, D Johnson to second. J Hannahan flied into double play, center to catcher, J Cust thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 4. TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Crawford bunt grounded out to pitcher. C Pena homered to right. B Upton struck out looking. D Young struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 2, TAMPA BAY 5. OAKLAND 7TH: G Glover relieved S Dohmann. K Suzuki homered to left. J Furmaniak singled to left. J Furmaniak to second on passed ball by D Navarro. S Stewart lined out to center. J DaVanon struck out swinging. N Swisher singled to right, J Furmaniak to third. D Wheeler relieved G Glover. J Cust singled to right, J Furmaniak scored, N Swisher to second. D Johnson walked, N Swisher to third, J Cust to second. M Ellis struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 7TH: A Embree relieved D Haren. B Harris fouled out to first. J Wilson doubled to left. J Guzman struck out swinging. D Navarro walked. J Gomes flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 5. OAKLAND 8TH: J Hannahan grounded out to shortstop. K Suzuki grounded out to second. M Piazza hit for J Furmaniak. M Piazza struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 5. TAMPA BAY 8TH: M Scutaro at shortstop. H Street relieved A Embree. C Crawford singled to left. C Pena homered to left, C Crawford scored. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 7. OAKLAND 9TH: Al Reyes relieved D Wheeler. S Stewart struck out looking. J DaVanon struck out swinging. N Swisher doubled to deep center. J Cust struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) OAKLAND 4, TAMPA BAY 7.</div>
Upton, Pena power Devil Rays past Athletics <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, OAKLAND 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Apparently moving rookieB.J. Upton to the cleanup spot was the right decision for theTampa Bay Devil Rays. Capitalizing on his new spot in the order, Upton again homeredand Carlos Pena belted two as the Devil Rays posted a 7-4victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon. Joel Guzman also drove in two runs for the Devil Rays, who wontheir third consecutive game for only the second time thisseason. They won four in a row from May 13-17. Tampa Bay, which is 4-0 this season with Upton in the fourthspot in the order, benefited from another blast by its youngphenom, who has hit three in those four games. The Devil Rays also were powered by Pena, who now has acareer-high 30 homers. Tampa Bay starter Andy Sonnanstine (3-9) allowed two runs andfive hits in five innings while striking out seven and walkingtwo. He snapped a five-game losing streak at home this season. Four relievers tossed the final four frames, including Al Reyes,who hurled a scoreless ninth for his 20th save. Athletics starter Dan Haren (14-5) yielded five runs in sixinnings. He allowed just four hits - two home runs and a tripleand struck out a season-high 10 with no walks. The righthanderlost for the first time since August 11. Back-to-back RBI doubles by Jack Hannahan and Kurt Suzuki gaveOakland a 2-0 lead in the second. Upton cut the deficit to 2-1in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run, his 20th of theseason. In the fifth, Tampa Bay took advantage of two errors by Oakland.Following a leadoff single by Delmon Young, Josh Wilsonreached on Hannahan's throwing error at third base. Joel Guzman then tripled to center and scored when shortstopJ.J. Furmaniak's relay throw bounced past Hannahan, allowingGuzman to score. Tampa Bay increased its lead to 5-2 on Pena's home run in thesixth. Oakland cut the margin to 5-4 on Jack Cust's RBI singleand a solo home run by Suzuki. In the sixth, Upton saved a run, throwing out Cust, who tried toscore on a fly out to center. Nick Swisher had three hits for Oakland, which lost threeconsecutive games for the first time since losing four in a rowfrom July 27-30.
Upton, Pena power Devil Rays past Athletics <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, OAKLAND 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Apparently moving B.J.Upton to the cleanup spot was the right decision for the TampaBay Devil Rays. Capitalizing on his new spot in the order, Upton again homeredand Carlos Pena belted two as the Devil Rays posted a 7-4victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon. Joel Guzman also drove in two runs for the Devil Rays, who wontheir third consecutive game for only the second time thisseason. They won four in a row from May 13-17. Tampa Bay, which is 4-0 this season with Upton in the fourthspot in the order, benefited from another blast by its youngphenom, who has hit three in those four games. The Devil Rays also were powered by Pena, who now has acareer-high 30 homers. Tampa Bay starter Andy Sonnanstine (3-9) allowed two runs andfive hits in five innings while striking out seven and walkingtwo. He snapped a five-game losing streak at home this season. Four relievers tossed the final four frames, including Al Reyes,who hurled a scoreless ninth for his 20th save. Athletics starter Dan Haren (14-5) yielded five runs in sixinnings. He allowed just four hits - two home runs and a tripleand struck out a season-high 10 with no walks. The righthanderlost for the first time since August 11. Back-to-back RBI doubles by Jack Hannahan and Kurt Suzuki gaveOakland a 2-0 lead in the second. Upton cut the deficit to 2-1in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run, his 20th of theseason. In the fifth, Tampa Bay took advantage of two errors by Oakland.Following a leadoff single by Delmon Young, Josh Wilson reachedon Hannahan's throwing error at third base. Guzman then tripled to center and scored when shortstop J.J.Furmaniak's relay throw bounced past Hannahan, allowing Guzmanto score. Tampa Bay increased its lead to 5-2 on Pena's home run in thesixth. Oakland cut the margin to 5-4 on Jack Cust's RBI singleand a solo home run by Suzuki. In the sixth, Upton saved a run, throwing out Cust, who tried toscore on a fly out to center. Nick Swisher had three hits for Oakland, which lost threeconsecutive games for the first time since losing four in a rowfrom July 27-30.
Upton, Pena power Devil Rays past Athletics <h3>TAMPA BAY 7, OAKLAND 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Moving B.J. Upton to thecleanup spot was the right decision for the Tampa Bay DevilRays. Capitalizing on his new spot in the order, Upton again homeredand Carlos Pena belted two home runs as the Devil Rays posted a7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon. Joel Guzman also drove in two runs for the Devil Rays, who wontheir third consecutive game for only the second time thisseason. They won four in a row from May 13-17. Tampa Bay, which is 4-0 this season with Upton in the fourthspot in the order, benefited from another blast by its youngphenom, who has hit three in those four games. "B.J.'s hitting has come so far this season," Tampa Bay managerJoe Maddon said. "Right now when he hits the ball, it's as hardas anyone in the league. When he hits the ball, it has adifferent sound. It does. The biggest difference is he'spulling the ball with more authority." The Devil Rays also were powered by Pena, who now has acareer-high 30 homers. "I'm so grateful," Pena said. "I'm blessed and grateful to getthe opportunity to play. (The 30 home runs) is definitelymeaningful to me. Never in my life would I have envisionedthis. To be the guy that hits home runs and contributes." Tampa Bay starter Andy Sonnanstine (3-9) allowed two runs andfive hits in five innings while striking out seven and walkingtwo. He snapped a five-game losing streak at home this season. Four relievers tossed the final four frames, including Al Reyes,who hurled a scoreless ninth for his 20th save. "As we get close to our destination of reaching the playoffs,you have to play meaningful baseball," Maddon said. "I likeplaying these (playoff-caliber) teams. This is meaningfulbaseball." Athletics starter Dan Haren (14-5) yielded five runs in sixinnings. He allowed just four hits, including two home runs anda triple, and struck out a season-high 10 with no walks. Therighthander lost for the first time since August 11. "It's a frustrating loss," Haren said. "It's a team we shouldbe able to beat. My stuff was good, I just made a few mistakesand they capitalized." Back-to-back RBI doubles by rookie Jack Hannahan and Kurt Suzukigave Oakland a 2-0 lead in the second. Upton cut the deficitto 2-1 in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run, his 20thof the season. In the fifth, Tampa Bay took advantage of two errors by Oakland.Following a leadoff single by Delmon Young, Josh Wilson reachedon Hannahan's throwing error at third base. Guzman then tripled to center and scored when shortstop J.J.Furmaniak's relay throw bounced past Hannahan, allowing Guzmanto score. "That was a big knock," Maddon said. "Then the hustle to makethat a triple." Tampa Bay increased its lead to 5-2 on Pena's home run in thesixth. Oakland cut the margin to 5-4 on Jack Cust's RBI singleand a solo home run by Suzuki. In the sixth, Upton saved a run by throwing out Cust, who triedto score on a fly out to center. Nick Swisher had three hits for Oakland, which lost threeconsecutive games for the first time since losing four in a rowfrom July 27-30. "Dan Haren threw the ball pretty well," Oakland manager BobGeren said. "We gave up three home runs today and that was thedifference in the game. I felt like we were right in it untilthe last pitch."
