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Tampa Bay Rays @ Oakland Athletics

2015-08-21 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 20671 · 61°F, overcast · Wind 16 mph to RF · 2:52

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Oakland Athletics 2–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Desmond Jennings singles on a line drive to left fielder Coco Crisp. Logan Forsythe scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Marcus Semien strikes out swinging — worth 31% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9

W: Drew Smyly L: Chris Bassitt SV: Brad Boxberger

Umpires — HP: Ed Hickox · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Dana DeMuth · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Jaso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Grady Sizemore	3	0	2	0	0	0
Evan Longoria	4	0	0	0	0	2
James Loney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Logan Forsythe	3	1	0	0	0	1
Asdrubal Cabrera	3	0	1	0	1	0
Desmond Jennings	4	1	2	2	0	0
Kevin Kiermaier	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Casali	3	0	1	0	1	1
Daniel Nava	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Billy Burns	5	0	0	0	2
Mark Canha	4	0	1	0	1
Danny Valencia	4	0	0	0	0
Josh Phegley	4	0	1	0	0
Jake Smolinski	3	0	1	0	0
Brett Lawrie	4	1	2	0	1
Billy Butler	2	0	0	0	0
Coco Crisp	4	0	2	1	0
Marcus Semien	4	0	1	0	2
Stephen Vogt	2	0	1	0	0
Josh Reddick	1	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Drew Smyly	5.2	6	2
Brandon Gomes	1.1	0	2
Steve Geltz	1.0	0	1
Brad Boxberger	1.0	3	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Bassitt	6.2	6	2	3
Pat Venditte	1.1	0	0	1
Evan Scribner	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Jaso: 13/G34S-
Grady Sizemore: S8/L8LS+.B-2(E8)
Evan Longoria: 43/G4.2-3
James Loney: 8/F8RD

Bot 1

Billy Burns: 7/F7D+
Mark Canha: 4/F89S
Danny Valencia: 8/F8RXD+

Top 2

Logan Forsythe: HP
Asdrubal Cabrera: WP.1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: 5/F5SF-
Desmond Jennings: S7/L7S.2-H
Kevin Kiermaier: CS2(26)
Kevin Kiermaier: 4/L4D-

Bot 2

Josh Phegley: 8/L8LM
Jake Smolinski: 4/F4D-
Brett Lawrie: S9/L9S
Billy Butler: 3/F3

Top 3

Curt Casali: 53/G5L-
John Jaso: 53/G6-
Grady Sizemore: 43/G4

Bot 3

Coco Crisp: 9/F89S
Marcus Semien: 3/F34-
Billy Burns: 53/G56

Top 4

Evan Longoria: K
James Loney: 63/G6M
Logan Forsythe: K

Bot 4

Mark Canha: 5/L5
Danny Valencia: 2/F25F-
Josh Phegley: E9/F9S
Jake Smolinski: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 5

Asdrubal Cabrera: S5/BG5S
Desmond Jennings: 53/G6S-.1-2
Kevin Kiermaier: S1/MREV/G15.2-3
Curt Casali: W.1-2
John Jaso: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 5

Brett Lawrie: 53/G5
Billy Butler: 63/G6
Coco Crisp: S7/L7M
Marcus Semien: S8/L8LS-.1-2
Billy Burns: K

Top 6

Grady Sizemore: D7/L5
Evan Longoria: K
James Loney: 63/G6
Logan Forsythe: 8/F8RD

Bot 6

Mark Canha: S7/G56
Danny Valencia: 7/L7D+
Josh Phegley: S7/L78S.1-2
Jake Smolinski: S6/G6S-.2-3;1-2
Brett Lawrie: K
Stephen Vogt: 6/P

Top 7

Asdrubal Cabrera: W
Desmond Jennings: 54(1)/FO/G6S-
Kevin Kiermaier: 146(1)/FO/G13
Curt Casali: D7/G5.1-3
John Jaso: HP
Daniel Nava: 6/P5F

Bot 7

Coco Crisp: 3/F34S-
Marcus Semien: K
Billy Burns: K

Top 8

Evan Longoria: 53/G5
James Loney: K
Logan Forsythe: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 8

Mark Canha: K
Danny Valencia: 9/F9D
Josh Phegley: 9/F9LM

Top 9

Asdrubal Cabrera: 8/F8LXD+
Desmond Jennings: HR/F7LD+
Kevin Kiermaier: 7/F7S
Curt Casali: K23

Bot 9

Josh Reddick: 9/L89D+
Brett Lawrie: S6/G56
Stephen Vogt: S8/L8LM.1-2
Coco Crisp: WP.2-3;1-2
Coco Crisp: S8/F8LS-.3-H;2-3(E8/TH)
Marcus Semien: SB2
Marcus Semien: K
Billy Burns: 7/F7M

Notes & reviews

replay,5,kierk001,TBA,demud901,OAK01,,N,M,OAK,C $when Kevin Kiermaier was called safe at 1B, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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