OAKLAND, Calif. -- Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off Erasmo Ramirez with one out in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Sunday and complete a three-game sweep.
Oakland won the first two games of the series on walkoff hits and led 2-0 until Logan Forsythe's tying two-run homer in the top of the eighth.
Ramirez (7-8) retired Khris Davis on a fly ball before Butler hammered an 0-1 pitch over the wall in center.