Jerry Blevins was one of the few bright spots tonight (Photo: Kimberly*/Flickr)

Rays:  7  Athletics:  2

It might not be fair to blame this loss entirely on Tyson Ross, however the A’s would have had to have scored at least 8 runs to beat the Rays today and the A’s have failed to score more than 6 runs in a game this season.

Lines of the Day:

• A’s Bullpen:  4.1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 SO.  The bullpen, which consisted of Pedro Figueroa, Jerry Blevins and Jim Miller, was stellar tonight only allowing 1 base runner over the last 4 plus innings of the game.
• Jonny Gomes:  3 AB, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HBP*.  Jonny Gomes wins by default for being the only player to have a multi-hit game tonight.  *Doesn’t it feel like at least 1 player on the team gets hit by a pitch every single game??

Ugly Lines of the Day:

• Tyson Ross:  3.1 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.  Tyson Ross has now allowed 20 H, 16 ER and 3 BB over his last 2 starts, all over 7.1 innings pitched.
• A’s Offense:  32 AB, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 13 SO.  Another anemic day for the A’s bats.

A’s Extras:

• Cliff Pennington hit his first home run of the season tonight, it came off of relief pitcher Brandon Gomes in the 9th inning.
• As expected Coco Crisp has landed on the 15-day DL with an inner ear infection, Michael Taylor started in left field for him today and batted in 9th spot, he went 0-3 with 1 SO.

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