Tampa Bay Rays at Oakland Athletics

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Tampa Bay Rays

64-63, 30-29 Away

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Oakland Athletics

55-73, 32-33 Home

Osvaldo Bido works 5 strong innings to lead the Athletics to a 3-1 win over the Rays

Lawrence Butler, Miguel Andujar and Darell Hernaiz had two hits apiece to help Oakland split the four-game series.

Bido (5-3) has been one of the A’s top pitchers over the last two months and stepped up again against the Rays. He allowed one run and two hits while matching the longest winning streak by an A’s starting pitcher this season. JP Sears and Mitch Spence have also won three consecutive starts.

“He has been on a good run and he seems to be getting more confident,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said, noting that Bido has been working on mechanical changes to his delivery. “I tip my cap to Bido for making those adjustments and being able to repeat them. I think that’s why we’re seeing the success we are.”

After walking two of the first three hitters he faced, Bido retired nine straight and extended his scoreless streak to 18 innings before José Caballero’s RBI double in the fourth inning.

“I’ve just been working a lot and making my adjustments,” Bido said through an interpreter. “I’m just trying to keep going. I’ve been getting good results and we just keep working.”

Five A’s relievers combined for four scoreless innings. Mason Miller worked the ninth for his 20th save, the third-most by a rookie in franchise history.

Christopher Morel singled twice and Kameron Misner had his first career hit in the majors for the Rays.

The A’s scored twice off Rays starter Jeffrey Springs in the second inning. After Butler and Tyler Nevin opened the inning with back-to-back singles, Zack Gelof drove in Butler with a sacrifice fly before Hernaiz lined an RBI double to left.

Butler’s RBI single in the third drove in Daz Cameron and put the A’s ahead 3-0.

Springs (1-2) allowed three runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season. The left-hander, who had Tommy John surgery in April 2023, hasn’t won on the road since Sept. 13, 2022.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: Catcher Ben Rortvedt (paternity list) is likely to rejoin the team this weekend in Los Angeles.

Rays: Tampa Bay has not announced a starter for Friday’s game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Athletics: LHP JP Sears (10-8, 4.15) faces the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game home series on Friday. Sears has pitched at least seven innings in each of his previous four starts, the franchise’s longest streak since 2015.

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 43.3%

Rays: 56.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Díaz grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Misner out at second.
	9th Inning	Caminero struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero hit for Brantly
	9th Inning	Misner singled to center.
	9th Inning	Walls struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Ferguson

Statistics

TB		OAK
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.9	Runs Created	4.6
.182	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.355
.152	Secondary Average	.258
.270	On Base Percentage	.361
.482	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.716
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
12.0	Batter Rating	27.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.030	Isolated Power	.065
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
65.5	MLB Rating	79.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0