Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 1
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, May 7, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Derryl Cousins
Attendance: 19193

David Price allowed an unearned run over 7 2/3 solid innings and the Tampa Bay Rays continued their torrid start on the road with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday.

Sean Rodriguez drove in a pair and Willy Aybar and Reid Brignac each had RBIs as Tampa Bay won its fifth in a row and improved to 13-1 away from home.

Price (4-1) surrendered just three hits - all singles - while striking out six and walking four.

Rafael Soriano struck out two in the ninth for the save.

Gio Gonzalez (3-2) was dealt the loss despite a steady performance. He allowed three runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and five walks in seven innings.

Aybar started the scoring with a single in the fourth and Rodriguez made it 3-0 in the seventh with a two-run double. Brignac added a run-scoring single in the ninth.

Oakland broke the shutout when Jake Fox came home on Evan Longoria’s throwing error in the eighth.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Oakland
David Price Player Gio Gonzalez
Win W/L Loss
7.2 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Oakland
Reid Brignac Player Cliff Pennington
1 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 1
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 5 0 6 .161 12 10 4 7 2 2
Oakland 3 0 3 .103 11 8 0 4 0 2