US EditionRays Get 3 Homers, Strong Start From Pepiot to Avoid Sweep with 6-5 Win over Athletics
- The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on July 2, 2025, at Steinbrenner Field to avoid a series sweep.
- The win followed a rough start for Rays starter Ryan Pepiot, who allowed two early home runs but settled down to pitch six innings.
- Key offensive contributions included an inside-the-park home run by Jake Mangum and power hits from Josh Lowe, Brandon Lowe, and Yandy Diaz.
- Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to 18 games, the longest active streak in the league, while Pepiot struck out nine batters and completed his outing after throwing 100 pitches.
- The Rays improved to 48-39, tying for second in the AL East, as they prepare for a 10-game road trip to close the first half of the season.
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Rays get 3 homers, strong start from Pepiot to avoid sweep with 6-5 win over Athletics
Josh Lowe, Yandy Díaz and Jake Mangum homered, Ryan Pepiot posted a quality start and Tampa Bay avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-5 win over the Athletics. Trailing 2-1
Shaky Finish, But Rays Hold On to Take Series Finale From A's, 6-5
Ryan Pepiot kept Tampa Bay in the game with six solid innings, and then the Rays exploded for five runs and hung on through some scary moments in the ninth inning to take a 6-5 win from the Athletics Wednesday at Steinbrenner Field.
Tampa Bay Times
The Killeen Daily HeraldRays re-find their groove, then nearly lose it, in win vs. A’s
The Windup | Tampa Bay scores five sixth-inning runs to salvage the last of a three-game series.
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Rays plate five in sixth, survive rocky ninth to defeat A's, 6-5
Yandy Diaz hit a two-run home run in a five-run sixth inning as the host Tampa Bay Rays held on in a white-knuckle ninth to avoid a series sweep with a 6-5 win over the Athletics on Wednesday.
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Spectrum News 13Rays hit three homers, avoid ninth-innning collapse in win over Athletics
Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, the Rays batted around and scored five runs to avoid a three-game sweep.
Table of contentsJonrón de Yandy Díaz breaks personal brand Improving his records in MLB 2025 The Cuban player Yandy Díaz is heading for one of his best seasons in Major Leagues, after shaking a quadrangular during the last of the series between Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 2, 2025. With the game in action in the final part of the sixth, the home toletería produced a total of five runs before the opener Mitch …
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