Rays head to break on down note, fall 7-3 to A's

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Rays starting pitcher James Shields (right) heads to the dugout during the seventh inning of the team's loss to Oakland Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) - Orlando Cabrera hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Oakland's four-run seventh, leading the Athletics to
a 7-3 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Kurt Suzuki and pinch-hitter Jack Cust each singled in a run and Mark Ellis drove in Landon Powell with a groundout to set up
Cabrera's hit off Chad Bradford.

Suzuki and Ryan Sweeney tacked on RBI singles in the eighth and Ellis connected in the ninth to make it 7-3.

Oakland starter Brett Anderson left after four scoreless innings. There was no immediate word on why he departed.

Rays starter James Shields pitched 6 1/3 innings before being pulled.

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Michael Wuertz (5-1) got the win despite allowing a run and three hits in 1 1-3 innings and Andrew Bailey got six outs for his 10th save.

Ben Zobrist and Pat Burrell each had two hits for the Rays, who head to the All-Star break losing two of three to Oakland.

Tampa Bay (48-41) is 6 1/2 games behind American League East leader Boston and 3 1/2 behind AL wildcard leader New York.

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