Rays Get 3 Homers, Strong Start From Pepiot to Avoid Sweep with 6-5 Win over Athletics

Rays get 3 homers, strong start from Pepiot to avoid sweep with 6-5 win over Athletics

Josh Lowe, Yandy Díaz and Jake Mangum homered, Ryan Pepiot posted a quality start and Tampa Bay avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-5 win over the Athletics. Trailing 2-1

Shaky Finish, But Rays Hold On to Take Series Finale From A's, 6-5

Ryan Pepiot kept Tampa Bay in the game with six solid innings, and then the Rays exploded for five runs and hung on through some scary moments in the ninth inning to take a 6-5 win from the Athletics Wednesday at Steinbrenner Field.

Rays re-find their groove, then nearly lose it, in win vs. A’s

The Windup | Tampa Bay scores five sixth-inning runs to salvage the last of a three-game series.

Rays plate five in sixth, survive rocky ninth to defeat A's, 6-5

Yandy Diaz hit a two-run home run in a five-run sixth inning as the host Tampa Bay Rays held on in a white-knuckle ninth to avoid a series sweep with a 6-5 win over the Athletics on Wednesday.

Rays hit three homers, avoid ninth-innning collapse in win over Athletics

Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, the Rays batted around and scored five runs to avoid a three-game sweep.

MLB Highlights: Rays 6, Athletics 5

Josh Lowe and Yandy Diaz went deep in part of a five-run sixth inning, Jake Magnum tacked on an inside-the-park home run, and Ryan Pepiot struck out nine over six innings as the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a sweep to the Athletics, winning 6-5.