Tampa Bay Rays at Athletics

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Tampa Bay Rays

58-63, 26-33 Away

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Athletics

54-68, 24-35 Home

Jacob Lopez shines with 9 strikeouts as Athletics shut out Rays 6-0

Lawrence Butler cranks RBI double for Athletics

Lopez (5-6) allowed four hits and did not walk a batter. The 27-year-old left-hander retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced. Tyler Ferguson pitched a scoreless ninth.

Thomas had an RBI double in the second inning and knocked in another run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Also in the fourth, Butler hit an RBI double and added an RBI single in the eighth. The Athletics scored two more runs on an error and a wild pitch.

Tampa Bay starter Shane Baz (8-9) matched Lopez early before allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits. He finished with seven strikeouts and two walks.

The Rays, who were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, got two of their four hits from Brandon Lowe.

Key moment The A's three-run fourth inning broke the game open.

Key stat The Athletics posted their eighth shutout of the season.

Up next RHP J.T. Ginn (2-4, 4.39 ERA) starts for the Athletics against Tampa Bay RHP Drew Rasmussen (9-5, 2.66) on Wednesday.

This story has been updated to remove an erroneous reference to Tyler Ferguson recording a save and correct that the A's did not have four straight hits in the fourth inning

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pereira struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B. Lowe out at second, Díaz to third.
	9th Inning	B. Lowe walked, Díaz to second.
	9th Inning	Díaz walked.
	9th Inning	Kim grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Ferguson relieved Sterner

Statistics

TB		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	7
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
12	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	12
32	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
-0.1	Runs Created	4.4
.133	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.167	Slugging Percentage	.400
.067	Secondary Average	.267
.188	On Base Percentage	.343
.354	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.743
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
-0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.9
6.0	Batter Rating	37.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.17
.033	Isolated Power	.133
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
59.0	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0