Athletics

4thin AL West · 61-92

Ugh, no.

Athletics lost to the Tampa Bay Rays

61-92 1 – 10

93-59

Final · Thu, Sep 17

Game Details

Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) · 12,305 fans · NBC Sports CA, MLB.TV, Rays.TV

Recap

Rays open 5-game AL East lead, beat Athletics 10-1 for 6th straight win

Drew Rasmussen pitched five scoreless innings and the Tampa Bay Rays opened a five-game AL East lead with a 10-1 win over the Athletics on Thursday that extended their winning streak to six.

Recap via ESPN

Tropicana Field · St. Petersburg

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
TB	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	2		10	7	1

Win Probability · Athletics

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Athletics

Lawrence Butler · 2-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jeffrey Springs · 3.1 IP, 6 ER, 4 K (L, 4-14)Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Chandler Simpson · 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Drew Rasmussen · 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K (W, 15-5)Pitching

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Bot 8th

1B Hicks reached on infield single to second, Aranda scored and Walls scored, Caminero to third.1–10

Bot 6th

B Aranda walked, Mullins scored, Walls to second, Palacios to third.1–8

Bot 6th

B Walls walked, Simpson scored, Palacios to second, Mullins to third.1–7

Top 6th

HR Butler homered to right (437 feet).1–6

Bot 4th

B1B Walls reached on bunt single to third, Palacios scored.0–6

Bot 4th

2B Palacios doubled to right, DeLuca scored, Vilade scored on fielding error by catcher Heim and Simpson scored, Palacios to third.0–5

Bot 4th

1B Simpson singled to center, Caminero scored and Hicks scored, DeLuca to third.0–2

Team Stats

AthleticsTampa Bay Rays

Batting

5 Hits 7

1 Home Runs 0

3 Walks 9

8 Strikeouts 10

3 Stolen Bases 3

12 Left on Base 23

Pitching & Fielding

172 Pitches Thrown 131

2 Errors 1

0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
H. BolteLF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.275	16	.358	.402
J. McNeilDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.268	15	.315	.371
M. MuncyDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.230	4	.296	.387
L. ButlerRF	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	.231	13	.319	.390
Z. Gelof3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.247	11	.312	.450
D. Walton2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	6	.361	.438
M. Stefanic2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.350	7	.409	.400
T. White1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253	13	.269	.335
A. WilliamsSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.256	14	.297	.417
J. HeimC	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	18	.262	.371
D. ClarkeCF	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.164	14	.243	.179
Team	32	1	5	1	1	3	8		131

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Springs(L, 4-14)	3.1	5	6	6	2	4	66-39	6.18
G. Hartlieb	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	18-12	3.86
J. Rock	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	16-8	5.23
C. Roycroft	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	27-15	6.35
Y. Tur	1.2	1	2	0	3	2	41-20	16.55
D. Rom	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	5.84
Team	8.0	7	10	8	9	10	172-96

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
Y. DiazDH	5	0	0	0	0	2	.295	17	.359	.453
J. Aranda1B	4	1	1	1	1	2	.278	25	.362	.437
J. Caminero3B	3	1	0	0	2	1	.277	23	.363	.532
L. HicksC	4	1	2	2	1	1	.286	16	.369	.440
J. DeLucaRF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.263	12	.295	.416
J. FraleyRF	1	0	0	0	1	1	.229	8	.304	.386
C. SimpsonLF	5	2	2	2	0	0	.311	13	.339	.362
R. ViladeRF	1	1	0	0	1	1	.259	15	.331	.464
C. MullinsCF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.201	3	.282	.340
R. Palacios2B	2	1	1	2	2	0	.234	19	.331	.378
T. WallsSS	3	1	1	2	1	1	.219	21	.306	.293
Team	32	10	7	9	9	10		172

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D. Rasmussen(W, 15-5)	5.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	76-51	2.72
C. Legumina	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	11-8	4.01
B. Hopkins	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17-10	9.00
S. Matz	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	5.57
A. Cook	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-9	5.79
Team	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	131-88