This game was scoreless until the 6th inning when B.J. Upton doubled to bring Desmond Jennings home from first. The Rays rally was cut short when Upton was thrown out at home trying to score after Ben Francisco singled with two outs. The Oakland offense finally awoke in the 8th as Josh Reddick hit a sacrifice fly to bring Coco Crisp home to tie the game at 1. But the Rays struck in the bottom of the 8th as Sam Fuld scored on a Sean Rodriguez groundout. Fernando Rodney came in to save the game only giving up one walk. TB leads the series 1-0.
Game 2 played Sept. 24th
Tampa jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with a run in the first and another in the second including a B.J. Upton homerun. Oakland exploded in the 4th inning and scored 4 runs as Kurt Suzuki (2), Stephen Drew, and Coco Crisp picked up RBI's. Oakland then scored again in the 5th as Seth Smith hit a two-run homer. The rest of the game was quiet and Oakland won 6-2 to tie the series at 1.
Game 3 played Sept. 25th
A quiet start to the game resulted in a 1-1 tie after 5. But then the Oakland bench provided some major sparks in the 6th as Adam Rosales pinch hit for Stephen Drew and hit a 3-run bomb. Tampa responded with a solo Luke Scott homer in the top of the 7th. The Oakland bench followed up in the bottom of the 7th as Collin Cowgill pinch hit for Brandon Inge to make it a 5-2 lead, which the A's rode to the finish line and a 2-1 series lead.
And now we get in our time machine
Game 4 played Sept. 20th
Bartolo Colon and Jim Miller put together a strong performance to wrap up the series for the A's. The Rays tried to stop the bleeding by using 4 pitchers in the 6th inning, but the A's benefited from two HBP to take a 5-1 lead and the series
--submitted by Keith MacDonald--
Note: These games were played out of order because the host (me, Keith) failed to pay attention to how a calendar works. So we played games 3,4,5 and then game 1.
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