Rays’ McGee could be done for season

And the Rays would have added another run, because the next Tampa Bay batter, Asdrubal Cabrera, homered, cutting what had been a 4-2 Oakland lead down to a single run. “We’re going to have to figure something out or it’s going to be a long month”. “He continued to look really poised out there, his pitches were obviously extremely effective. I wasn’t what I wanted”.

It gave Tampa Bay its first ninth-inning comeback this season.

McGee last appeared for the Rays on August 18 and allowed three hits and one earned run over 1.2 innings. Boxberger, who leads all major league relievers with nine losses, pitched out of the jam by striking out Marcus Semien then getting Billy Burns to pop out. We’re down the last at-bat, if we get a hit right there we can potentially win the game. Good for him, good for us that he was able to kind of calm it down and get through that. “We had some good at-bats in the last inning, but probably not as good earlier in the game”.

The Rays and Athletics split a four-game series in May, with home team Tampa Bay capturing the first two contests and Oakland taking the final two.TV: 10:05 p.m. ET, Sun Sports (Tampa Bay), CSN California (Oakland)PITCHING MATCHUP: Rays LH Drew Smyly (0-2, 4.35 ERA) vs. Athletics RH Chris Bassitt (1-4, 2.60)Smyly was rocked on Sunday in his first start since May 5, surrendering five runs and seven hits over four innings in a loss at Texas.

The Rays made it stand up despite struggling with runners in scoring position.

The A’s also had problems offensively.

Gray’s ERA and his dozen wins have him in contention for the AL Cy Young Award, and he can be thankful to center fielder Billy Burns that the ERA didn’t climb any higher. “He got a lot of weak fly balls, pop-ups, some misses in there”.

The Rays expect McGee to be sidelined six to eight weeks and the regular season ends October. 4.

McGee was injured on Tuesday night and an MRI on Thursday that revealed a meniscus tear in his knee. 1B Ike Davis, who underwent surgery to fix a torn hip labrum on Friday, was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

One positive development for the A’s: Both Crisp and Lawrie returned to the lineup after missing several games with injuries and had two hits apiece. Desmond Jennings went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and Chris Archer struck out 11 while tossing a one-hitter as Tampa Bay pulled within a game of.

NOTES: A’s LHP Sean Doolittle (strained left shoulder) was reinstated from the disabled list. Ramirez has lost in his last five starts against Oakland and is 0-6 in eight career appearances.

“They’re tough, man”, Gray said. In the sixth, they loaded the bases against Rays starter Drew Smyly with one out on three singles.