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September 18-20, 2048: at Oakland (3)
Game 1: The Rays suffered their sixth loss in seven games after falling 3-1 to Oakland. Andy Velazquez of the A's held them to 8 4 1 1 0 8 with Jose Castillo's RBI double the only breakthrough. Melvin Delgado (8-10) was decent at 6 6 3 3 1 3 but lost his sixth straight decision.
Game 2: Tampa Bay bounced back with a 4-2 comeback win to even up the series with Oakland. Tomas Laboy's 2-run single in the 7th broke a 2-2 deadlock enabling Dave Rose (12-6) to pick up a deserved win after going 6 6 2 2 3 6. The pen held from there with Steve Falcon recording save #27. Doug Johns had knocked in the first two runs with an RBI single and double.
Game 3: The Rays closed their rough road trip against the wild card contenders with another 4-2 win thanks to a solid Bob Riley outing. Riley went to 15-8 after a quality 7 6 2 1 0 3 performance and Steve Falcon saved again, his 28th. Chris Parham was the primary source of offense, driving in 3 runs with a pair of RBI singles and a fielder's choice while Dave Frick's RBI single in the 7th was the game-winner.
Team record: 99-50. Next up: Finally back home for 3 vs Boston.
Former Rays news: One milestone, one retirement: Jimmy Leonard hit his 300th career homer with St. Louis on Sunday while our starting catcher from 2035-41, Mike McKee, announced his retirement at the age of 40.
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