A’s came into the 8th inning leading 6-2. After an eight run barrage, the Rays now lead 10-6 as the A’s will need to rally down four headed to the bottom of the 8th #Athletics
Jacob Lopez completes seven innings against the Rays, allowing just two runs. He snaps a streak of 43 consecutive games in which A's starters had logged 6 1/3 innings or fewer, which was the longest such streak in A's history.
The A's have won a series for the first time since the middle of June. They have won back-to-back games for the first time since June 25-26. Since June 27, the Red Sox are 30-7. The A's are responsible for three of those loses (going 7-29 in the process).
After today’s game, Jacob Wilson is now at 110 games without committing an error. That 110-errorless streak is now tied with Mike Bordick (2002) for the longest in MLB history by a shortstop.