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Graveman finds stride with scoreless outing

ST. PETERSBURG -- After posting a 3-1 record and a 0.36 ERA in six Spring Training starts, Kendall Graveman had plenty of momentum going when he entered the Athletics' starting rotation to open the season.

The right-hander, though, could not sustain that momentum in his first go-around with the club, going 1-2 in his first four career starts while posting an 8.27 ERA.

That lack of production forced the A's to send Graveman down to Triple-A on April 26, but after four starts in Nashville -- where he went 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA -- he returned Saturday and tossed six-plus scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out six, to help the A's beat the Rays, 5-0, at Tropicana Field.