Jacob Lopez shines with 9 strikeouts as Athletics shut out Rays 6-0
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Lopez struck out nine in seven shutout innings and Colby Thomas and Lawrence Butler each drove in a pair of runs as the Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-0 on Tuesday night.
Lopez (5-6) allowed four hits and did not walk a batter. The 27-year-old left-hander retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced. Tyler Ferguson pitched a scoreless ninth.
Thomas had an RBI double in the second inning and knocked in another run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Also in the fourth, Butler hit an RBI double and added an RBI single in the eighth. The Athletics scored two more runs on an error and a wild pitch.
Tampa Bay starter Shane Baz (8-9) matched Lopez early before allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits. He finished with seven strikeouts and two walks.
The Rays, who were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, got two of their four hits from Brandon Lowe.
Key moment
The A’s three-run fourth inning broke the game open.
Key stat
The Athletics posted their eighth shutout of the season.
Up next
RHP J.T. Ginn (2-4, 4.39 ERA) starts for the Athletics against Tampa Bay RHP Drew Rasmussen (9-5, 2.66) on Wednesday.
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This story has been updated to remove an erroneous reference to Tyler Ferguson recording a save and correct that the A’s did not have four straight hits in the fourth inning
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