OAKLAND -- Jesse Hahn delivered his strongest start of the season, throwing a season-high 7 2/3 innings in Oakland's 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday.
Hahn scattered four hits and was charged with one run, blending a powerful sinker with an arcing curveball that kept Rays batters off-balance for much of the game. He came within an out of his third win of the season, but Logan Forsythe hit a two-run homer off Ryan Dull, who had relieved Hahn, to tie it in the top of the eighth.
Billy Butler answered with a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the inning, giving Oakland its third straight win and plenty to feel optimistic about moving forward -- including Hahn.