Rays score 5 in 5th w/o hit to turn close game into blowout
The Rays wasted little time scoring in the bottom of the first with the first 5 batters reaching base and scoring to jump out to a 5-0 lead. Tommy Hartlaub had a bases-loaded double, knocking in 2 of the runs. In the 4th inning, the A's bunched 4 of their 5 hits in the game into a span of 5 batters to cut the lead to 5-3, with a Mark Mueller 2-run double getting the A's on the board. In the 5th, the Rays put the game away by scoring 5 runs without a hit on 7 walks and an error. They added 3 more on just a single hit in the 6th (walk, 2 hit batters, error).
For the Rays, Tim Gerber picked up the win with 3 hitless shutout innings to start the game. Tommy Hartlaub closed out the win with 2 shutout innings, allowing only 1 hit.
Last batter ... A's: Steve Platts, Rays: Bob Drake
| BOX SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| A's |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
| Rays |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
Date: June 1, 2025
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Pleasureville
| A's |
| Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
K |
| Steve Platts |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Isidore Martinez |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mark Mueller |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Ron Biser |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kevin Landis |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Steve Axe |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Ken Brignall |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Rajon Jernigan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| John Lawton |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Dan McWilliams |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Jim Marchione |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ken Brittain |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Paul Hoke |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
24 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
2B: Mueller
HBP: Martinez
|
|
|
| Rays |
| Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
K |
| Jerry Leisher |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Jeff Fishel |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Brad Markle |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Tommy Hartlaub |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Doug Arnold |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Keith Garrigan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Steve Crone |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Earl Kirk |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Tim Albers |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Derek Sunbury |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Tim Gerber |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Dale Peck |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Mike Koller |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Bob Drake |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
26 |
13 |
5 |
10 |
13 |
2 |
2B: Hartlaub
HBP: Albers, Gerber
|
|
| A's |
| Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
PT |
| Dan McWilliams (L) |
4.0 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Isidore Martinez |
2.0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
HB: Martinez (2)
|
|
|
| Rays |
| Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
PT |
| Tim Gerber (W) |
3.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Doug Arnold |
2.0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Tommy Hartlaub |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
HB: Gerber
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