Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

63-62, 29-28 Away

Final
1 - 0

Oakland Athletics

54-72, 31-32 Home

Siri homers to break up scoreless game, help Baz to first win in two years as Rays beat A's 1-0

Baz (1-2) allowed three hits, struck out four and walked three over a career-best 7 2/3 innings to win for the first time since July 3, 2022, at Toronto. The right-hander missed the 2023 season recovering from Tommy John surgery.

“It’s tough,” Baz said of his journey back. “You’ve got to take it one day at a time and just try and get better so when you do get back you give yourself the best chance to succeed. Definitely happy with that one.”

Siri's solo drive to center for his 15th home run chased Oakland starter Joey Estes (5-6), who hung tough battling Baz as the A's drew 4,377 fans coming off shutouts in two of their last three games.

Edwin Uceta recorded the final four outs to finish the 1-hour, 54-minute game and earn his first career save.

Baz was thrilled for catcher Rob Brantly, who made his first major league appearance since playing one game for the Yankees on May 22, 2022.

They had worked together before at Triple-A Durham, so that provided comfort for both of them.

“That was really cool, that's special,” manager Kevin Cash said. “Throwing a shutout is really tough and we just threw a shutout combined with Edwin Uceta as well and Brantly certainly plays a big role in that. So happy for Brant that he was able to have the right fingers and the guys were on board with what he was calling.”

Estes struck out five and allowed one run on three hits while also pitching 7 2/3 innings.

Oakland starters have given up only two runs over the past four games. The A's lost for only the third time in their last nine games.

The Rays, on a 10-game road trip that matches their longest of the year, bounced back after dropping the series opener Monday 3-0 to have a three-game winning streak snapped.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rays: RHP Ryan Pepiot is set to make his second start Wednesday since coming back from a long recovery following a spider bite and subsequent knee infection that required a hospital stay. “He showed us he's really good his last outing, a good five-plus whatever he was,” Cash said. “Pretty dominant stuff. We're really happy with the way he threw the ball so excited to see the second one coming off the injury.”

Athletics: LHP Scott Alexander was placed on the 15-day injured list with rotator cuff tendinitis in his pitching shoulder, retroactive to Sunday. ... The A's filled his spot by selecting RHP J.T. Ginn from Triple-A Las Vegas.

Pepiot (6-5, 3.69 ERA) makes his 19th start of 2024 opposite A's RHP Mitch Spence (7-8, 4.64), who is looking to snap a three-start winless stretch in which he is 0-2.

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 51.1%

Rays: 48.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Andujar grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Bleday struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rooker fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Caballero at third base.
	9th Inning	Caminero grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Morel lined out to center.

Statistics

TB		OAK
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	11
6	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
101	Pitches	101
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	3
31	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
0.2	Runs Created	-0.7
.100	Batting Average	.107
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.107
.167	Secondary Average	.107
.129	On Base Percentage	.194
.362	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.301
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.7
12.0	Batter Rating	3.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.26
.133	Isolated Power	.000
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.1
63.0	MLB Rating	58.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0