Oakland dropped their second straight game today, falling in the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays in a close 4-3 matchup. At least they split the series.
Tough start for the squad today. Oakland’s first six batters today all struck out against Rays rookie right-hander Taj Bradley. We quickly saw why Tampa Bay is so high on this young arm they have. The seventh batter finally broke through against him as JJ Bleday bunt singled for the first hit of the day. It also guaranteed the A’s would not be no-hit for the 5,000 consecutive games, the longest current streak in baseball today.