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    Rays 7, Athletics 6
    Frank Thomas (right) is congratulated after his two-run shot. (Ben Margot/AP)
    By Mychael Urban / MLB.com
    Frank Thomas hit his first two homers since rejoining the A's 30 games ago and collected three hits and three RBIs, but they weren't enough to keep the A's from a loss to the Rays. Emil Brown hit his fifth homer of the season in the second inning.
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    Series at a glance:
    TB
    Tampa Bay (26-19)
    Won 1     		Tampa Bay 7, Oakland 6   OAK
    Oakland (24-22)
    Lost 2
    May 19, 2008
       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   R   H   E 
    Tampa Bay
    		 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2   7 11 0
    Oakland
    		 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1   6 10 0
    Standings thru 5/19/08  |  Recap: TB | OAK  |  Gameday  |  Rays stats  |  Athletics stats
    Tampa BayABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
    Iwamura, 2B5011121.274
    Crawford, LF6110012.278
    Upton, CF5010131.286
    Pena, 1B5210133.215
    Longoria, 3B6133001.244
    Floyd, DH6001022.316
    Navarro, C6120002.366
    Hinske, RF3122010.260
      Gross, RF0000100.220
      a-Gomes, PH-RF2000011.213
    Bartlett, SS5100124.255
    Totals49711751517 

    a-Flied out for Gross in the 11th.

    BATTING
    2B: Hinske (9, Blanton), Crawford (4, Blanton), Longoria (7, Blanton), Iwamura (8, Devine), Navarro (5, Gaudin).
    HR: Hinske (8, 5th inning off Blanton, 1 on, 1 out), Longoria (5, 13th inning off Gaudin, 1 on, 0 out).
    TB: Iwamura 2; Crawford 2; Upton; Pena; Longoria 7; Navarro 3; Hinske 6.
    RBI: Hinske 2 (21), Longoria 3 (20), Floyd (9), Iwamura (15).
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Iwamura; Navarro; Pena 2; Bartlett 2.
    Team LOB: 8.

    BASERUNNING
    SB: Upton (10, 2nd base off Foulke/Suzuki), Longoria (3, 2nd base off Foulke/Suzuki).
    CS: Iwamura (2, 2nd base by Gaudin/Suzuki).

    FIELDING
    DP: (Pena-Iwamura).
    		 
    OaklandABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
    Hannahan, 3B6000032.230
    Crosby, SS5000110.263
    Cust, LF2100100.242
      1-Davis, PR-CF2100011.179
    Thomas, DH4233000.237
      2-Bowen, PR-DH0000000.227
      a-Sweeney, M, PH-DH2000000.314
    Sweeney, R, CF-RF6021010.294
    Brown, E, RF-LF5221113.260
    Barton, 1B4011200.222
    Suzuki, C5010003.236
    Petit, 2B5010033.375
    Totals46610651012 

    a-Grounded out for Bowen in the 10th.
    1-Ran for Cust in the 8th. 2-Ran for Thomas in the 8th.

    BATTING
    2B: Brown, E (6, Hammel).
    3B: Barton (3, Percival).
    HR: Thomas 2 (5, 1st inning off Shields, 1 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Shields, 0 on, 2 out), Brown, E (5, 2nd inning off Shields, 0 on, 0 out).
    TB: Thomas 9; Sweeney, R 2; Brown, E 6; Barton 3; Suzuki; Petit.
    RBI: Thomas 3 (24), Brown, E (34), Sweeney, R (20), Barton (17).
    2-out RBI: Thomas 3; Sweeney, R; Barton.
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brown, E; Hannahan; Petit; Suzuki.
    S: Suzuki.
    Team LOB: 8.
     
    Tampa BayIPHRERBBSOHRERA
    Shields 7.28551433.38
    Glover 0.10000003.95
    Howell 1.00001202.73
    Hammel (W, 3-2)3.01002304.59
    Percival (S, 12)1.01111102.50
    		 
    OaklandIPHRERBBSOHRERA
    Blanton 6.06441513.87
    Devine 0.21112100.98
    Foulke 1.11001203.18
    Street 2.00000504.43
    Embree 1.00000004.22
    Gaudin (L, 3-3)2.03221213.56

    IBB: Barton (by Hammel), Pena (by Blanton).
    HBP: Cust (by Shields).
    Pitches-strikes: Shields 102-60, Glover 5-2, Howell 16-10, Hammel 42-25, Percival 18-11, Blanton 100-68, Devine 22-9, Foulke 31-16, Street 31-19, Embree 15-9, Gaudin 31-16.
    Ground outs-fly outs: Shields 5-13, Glover 0-1, Howell 1-0, Hammel 3-2, Percival 0-2, Blanton 7-6, Devine 0-1, Foulke 0-2, Street 0-1, Embree 1-2, Gaudin 1-2.
    Batters faced: Shields 32, Glover 1, Howell 4, Hammel 11, Percival 5, Blanton 25, Devine 5, Foulke 6, Street 6, Embree 3, Gaudin 9.
    Inherited runners-scored: Glover 2-0, Foulke 2-0.
    Umpires: HP: Bruce Dreckman. 1B: Brian Gorman. 2B: Sam Holbrook. 3B: Scott Barry.
    Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy.
    Wind: 11 mph, L to R.
    T: 3:57.
    Att: 11,077.

    Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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