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Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

2021-04-26 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 2981 · 72°F, dome · 2:51

Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Austin Meadows out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mark Canha. Randy Arozarena scores. Oakland Athletics took the lead in the 4th — Sean Murphy homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Matt Chapman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Sean Murphy homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Matt Chapman scores — worth 24% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Bob Melvin (M): Arguing replay ruling.

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Line score

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

W: Sean Manaea L: Rich Hill SV: Lou Trivino

Umpires — HP: Sean Barber · 1B: Chad Fairchild · 2B: Brian Gorman · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Canha	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jed Lowrie	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Olson	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ramon Laureano	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Chapman	2	1	0	0	2	2
Sean Murphy	4	1	1	2	0	1
Stephen Piscotty	3	0	0	0	0	2
Elvis Andrus	2	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Kemp	1	0	1	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Arozarena	4	1	3	0	0	1
Yandy Diaz	2	0	0	0	2	1
Austin Meadows	3	0	0	1	0	1
Manuel Margot	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Brosseau	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Lowe	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Zunino	3	0	1	0	0	1
Willy Adames	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joey Wendle	1	0	0	0	1	1
Francisco Mejia	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Kiermaier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Yoshi Tsutsugo	1	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Manaea	5.0	4	2	6
Yusmeiro Petit	2.0	0	0	2
Jake Diekman	1.0	1	1	1
Lou Trivino	1.0	1	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Hill	6.0	2	2	10
Louis Head	2.0	1	1	1
Hunter Strickland	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mark Canha: K
Jed Lowrie: 63/G56
Matt Olson: K

Bot 1

Randy Arozarena: S7/G56
Yandy Diaz: 13/G23+.1-2
Austin Meadows: SB3
Austin Meadows: 8/SF/L8XD+.3-H
Manuel Margot: S7/L7
Mike Brosseau: 4/P34D

Top 2

Ramon Laureano: D7/L78XD+
Matt Chapman: CS3(25)
Matt Chapman: K
Sean Murphy: K

Bot 2

Brandon Lowe: K
Mike Zunino: K
Willy Adames: 9/F9D

Top 3

Stephen Piscotty: 2/P2F/FL
Elvis Andrus: K
Tony Kemp: W
Mark Canha: HP.1-2
Jed Lowrie: 53/G5

Bot 3

Joey Wendle: K
Randy Arozarena: S8/G4
Yandy Diaz: W.1-2
Austin Meadows: K
Manuel Margot: 9/F9S

Top 4

Matt Olson: K
Ramon Laureano: 8/F78D
Matt Chapman: W
Sean Murphy: HR/F7D.1-H
Stephen Piscotty: K

Bot 4

Mike Brosseau: 4/P89S
Brandon Lowe: 8/F78D
Mike Zunino: S8/G6
Willy Adames: 7/F78XD

Top 5

Elvis Andrus: 53/G56
Tony Kemp: HP
Mark Canha: K
Jed Lowrie: 9/F9LS

Bot 5

Joey Wendle: W
Randy Arozarena: K
Yandy Diaz: CS2(24)
Yandy Diaz: K

Top 6

Matt Olson: K
Ramon Laureano: 53/G56
Matt Chapman: K

Bot 6

Austin Meadows: 43/G4D
Manuel Margot: 23/BG2-
Mike Brosseau: 63/G6M

Top 7

Sean Murphy: 63/G6M
Stephen Piscotty: K
Elvis Andrus: W
Tony Kemp: S6/P56D.1XH(62)

Bot 7

Brandon Lowe: K
Mike Zunino: 53/G56
Willy Adames: K

Top 8

Mark Canha: 8/F8XD+
Jed Lowrie: 5/P5F/FL
Matt Olson: 9/F89XD

Bot 8

Francisco Mejia: K
Randy Arozarena: S7/G56+
Yandy Diaz: W.1-2
Austin Meadows: WP.2-3;1-2
Austin Meadows: 6/P56
Manuel Margot: 43/G4MD

Top 9

Ramon Laureano: 9/F9S
Matt Chapman: W
Sean Murphy: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 9

Kevin Kiermaier: K
Brandon Lowe: 43/G4
Yoshi Tsutsugo: S9/G34
Willy Adames: W.1-2
Francisco Mejia: 7/F7

Notes & reviews

Athletics challenged call that Andrus was out at home; call upheld and Oakland manager Melvin ejected by HP umpire Barber for arguing the replay ruling

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