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Big night for Big Hurt
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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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