Logan Forsythe tied the game in the eighth with one swing of the bat, but Erasmo Ramirez gave the game right back to Oakland in the ninth for the third straight one-run loss to the A's.
I don't care what Florence and the Machine say, the dog days are most certainly not over, at least not yet. Now that I have my obligatory terrible joke out of the way, we can talk about today's game, featuring the Oakland A's and the only team under .500 in the AL East.
The Rays, after winning three straight games, two of three against the Rockies and the series-opener in Oakland, had dropped two straight entering Sunday's matinee.