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- Wynns hits sacrifice fly in the 10th as A's hand Rays 3rd-straight loss 4-3</p>
<p>July 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Athletics Rays BaseballAthletics' Austin Wynns (29) hits a sacrifice fly during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Austin Wynns hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Athletics handed the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 loss on Tuesday night, their third straight.</p>
<p>The Rays' last three-game skid came against the the Phillies at home in early May and they have now lost four of five to last-place teams.</p>
<p>Colby Thomas, who got his first career hit earlier, started the 10th on second base and was sacrificed to third by Denzel Clarke.</p>
<p>No. 9 hitter Max Schuemann, who was starting in place of Jacob Wilson, the second-leading hitter in the majors who was a late scratch with a sore right hamstring, worked Mason Montgomery (1-2) for a walk ahead of pinch-hitter Wynns.</p>
<p>Michael Kelly (2-0) got the win despite allowing two singles and throwing a wild pitch in the ninth. Mason Miller earned his 17th save, although he intentionally walked Jonathan Aranda with two outs and then threw a wild pitch to advance the runners before striking out Brandon Lowe.</p>
<p>Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Shea Langeliers had a solo shot in the sixth for the A's. Christopher Morel, Lowe and Danny Jansen homered for the Rays.</p>
<p>Tampa Bay starter Shane Baz went seven innings, allowing five hits and matching his career high 11 strikeouts with just one walk.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>José Caballero, who stole his 30th base in the second inning, singled to lead off the ninth but was thrown out at second by Langeliers on the next pitch.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>With wins in the first two games of the three-game series, the A's have won a series against the Rays for the first time since April 2022. Tampa Bay had won eight-straight home series.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Tampa Bay RHP Ryan Pepiot (5-6, 3.36 ERA) is scheduled to start on Wednesday against the Athletics' RHP Mitch Spence (2-3, 3.83).</p>
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