MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS
07/31/2014
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MAJOR LEAGUE
TAMPA BAY RAYS AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS
GAME ID: 1073 - THURSDAY, JULY 31ST , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays (43-55) 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 8 14 0
Oakland Athletics (51-44) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Rays Ding Athletics, 8-1
The Tampa Bay Rays dumped the Oakland Athletics, 8-1, in large part due to first baseman Yandy Díaz. On the day, Díaz went 4-5 with 3 doubles, while scoring 2 and driving in 2 for the Rays. Matt Garza finished the game for Tampa Bay and earned his 2nd save. The loss makes Oakland 51-44.

With one out in the top of the second, Evan Longoria put Tampa Bay in front, 1-0, with a run-scoring single. The Rays went on to win the ballgame.

"Nice win for us," said Díaz. "Now we'll go after the next one."
TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE OAKLAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Lloyd SS 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 .309 9 34
K. Kiermaier CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 11 40
Y. Díaz 1B 5 2 4 2 0 0 1 .289 4 34
B. Lowe 2B 5 1 3 2 0 1 2 .233 11 54
C. Torriente DH 5 1 2 1 0 2 3 .271 13 42
J. Canseco RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 5 .207 9 34
C. Crawford LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .217 4 27
E. Longoria 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .200 8 33
D. Navarro C 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .212 4 29
Totals 37 8 14 8 2 7 22      
BATTING
Doubles: Y. Díaz 3 (25, 5th Inning off R. Waddell, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off M. Mulder, 1 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off E. Walker, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Lloyd (19, 7th Inning off M. Mulder, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: B. Lowe (11, 5th Inning off R. Waddell, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Lloyd 3 , Y. Díaz 7 , B. Lowe 6 , C. Torriente 2 , J. Canseco , C. Crawford , E. Longoria
2-out RBI: Y. Díaz , B. Lowe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Lloyd , K. Kiermaier , J. Canseco , C. Crawford , D. Navarro
GIDP: B. Lowe , E. Longoria
Sac Bunt: C. Crawford
Sac Fly: C. Crawford , D. Navarro
Hit by Pitch: K. Kiermaier
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Lloyd (8) , J. Canseco 3 (17)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Lowe-Lloyd-Díaz, Longoria-Lowe-Díaz)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Henderson LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .209 5 19
H. Baker 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .244 0 1
N. Lajoie 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .312 4 57
M. Suttles DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .219 19 52
A. Simmons RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .291 8 43
M. McGwire 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .158 3 5
M. Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235 11 39
B. Johnson CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328 2 5
T. Steinbach C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259 3 19
Totals 31 1 6 1 0 8 12      
BATTING
Home Runs: M. McGwire (3, 2nd Inning off S. Kazmir, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Henderson , H. Baker 2 , A. Simmons , M. McGwire 4 , B. Johnson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Suttles , A. Simmons
GIDP: N. Lajoie , M. Tejada
Hit by Pitch: R. Henderson
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Errors: B. Johnson (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Lajoie-Tejada-McGwire, Tejada-Lajoie-McGwire)
TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE OAKLAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Kazmir W (3-5) 6.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 91 4.52   
M. Garza SV (2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 49 2.90   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Kazmir 66
Batters Faced: S. Kazmir 22, M. Garza 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Kazmir 5-6, M. Garza 2-4
Pitches - Strikes: S. Kazmir 91-58, M. Garza 49-30
WP: M. Garza
Hit Batsmen: S. Kazmir
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Waddell L (5-8) 4.2 7 6 5 0 2 1 78 3.67   
M. Mulder 2.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 62 6.07   
E. Walker 2.0 2 1 1 2 1 0 40 3.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Waddell 30
Batters Faced: R. Waddell 22, M. Mulder 12, E. Walker 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Waddell 5-7, M. Mulder 1-2, E. Walker 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Waddell 78-51, M. Mulder 62-42, E. Walker 40-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Walker 1-0
Hit Batsmen: R. Waddell
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yandy Díaz
Ballpark: O.co Coliseum
Weather: Partly Cloudy (54 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM PT
Time: 3:36
Attendance: 19351
Special Notes: Yandy Díaz ties the AL regular season game record for doubles with 3.
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