The Athletics kicked off the last leg of their current road trip against the Tampa Bay Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Jacob Lopez took the mound against Drew Rasmussen today.
The A’s got on the board early thanks to a nice two-out rally. Brent Rooker doubled with two down. Mick Kurtz walked and in his first at-bat after returning from the Injured List (IL)Shea Langeliers homered to deep left field. It was his eleventh of the year and gave the A’s a 3-0 lead before the Rays came to bat.
In the top of the third, the A’s padded their lead a bit after Lawrence Butler singled.