ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The A’s nearly wrecked the Rays bullpenning strategy, but even a grand slam was too little, too late.
After getting shut down by five different Rays pitcher through eight innings, Khris Davis injected life into the A’s bench as he demolished a hanging slider from Sergio Romo for a grand slam to bring the A’s within one run. But the A’s still fell 5-4, failing to gain ground on the New York Yankees for the second consecutive game as they remain 1 1/2 games back of the top AL wild-card spot with 12 remaining.