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The Tampa Bay Rays (73-47) beat the Oakland Athletics (55-65) 7-6 in 12 innings on Thursday night. History was snapped in Tampa Bay’s win, as Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler’s streak of 39 consecutive scoreless innings tied a 59 year old major league record for relievers. B.J. Upton of the Rays an RBI double that scored Akinori Iwamura, who walked, to give the Rays a 5-4 lead in the ninth. Oakland managed to get a run in the bottom of the ninth to get the score even at 5-5.

In the 12th inning, Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena hit his 23rd homerun of the season, which gave Tampa Bay a 6-5 lead. Dioner Navarro added an RBI single for insurance, and it was definitely needed, as Oakland did score in the bottom of the 12th. They only scored once, however, and Tampa earned the 7-6 victory to remain 3 games ahead of Boston in the AL East.

Jason Hammel (4-3) was given the win, and Santiago Castilla (2-1) was given the loss. Trever Miller was given the save.

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The Boston Red Sox (62-48) beat the Oakland Athletics (53-55) 2-1 Friday night in a tight 12 inning battle. Both of Boston’s runs came from newly acquired outfielder Jason Bay, who was involved in a three-team trade. Bay was brought in to replace Manny Rameriz, who was traded to the Dodgers. He led things off in the 12 by hitting a clutch triple, and eventually scored on a Jed Lowrie single. Red Sox fans went wild after he hit the triple, which left Bay to say this after the game: “It definitely ranks up there with one of the better moments I’ve had.” Oakland is currently in a major downfall, just 2-13 in its last 15 games. Mike Timlin was given the win, with Alan Embree taking the loss.

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Later today we will see the return of the All Star games winning pitcher Scott Kazmir as he takes the mound for the Tampa Bay Rays (57-40) against Dana Eveland and the Oakland Athletics (51-47). The A’s are hoping to end their five game losing streak, while Kazmir is hoping to turn his season around after going 1-4 in his last seven starts. This is a key series for Tampa Bay as they currently hold a 1.5 game lead over the Red Sox in the tight AL East race. Kazmir has been mostly dominant against the A’s in nine career starts versus them, with a 5-1 record and a 2.96 ERA. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 PM Eastern.

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