Manuel Margot broke a scoreless tie with a two-run single in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays blanked the Oakland Athletics 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.
Margot came up with the bases loaded and two outs against A's reliever Zach Jackson and served an opposite-field single to right, scoring Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena."I was just trying to produce," Margot said through a translator."I know that the previous at-bat, I had a chance to produce and I was unsuccessful. But I knew ... I was a little bit more calm, a little bit more relaxed.
Both starting pitchers were dominant, giving up no runs, though neither earned a decision. Corey Kluber had seven strikeouts for Tampa Bay. Oakland's Frankie Montas fanned six. The Athletics finished their homestand 0-6, getting outscored 38-20. It was their first winless homestand of at least six games since 1956, when the franchise was in Kansas City.
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