A’S AT TAMPA BAY SERIES PREVIEW
Friday: LHP Rich Hill (4-3, 2.39) vs. RHPJake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.10) CSNCA 4:10 p.m.
Saturday: RHP Kendall Graveman (1-4, 5.74) vs. RHP Matt Andriese (1-0, 1.29) CSNCA 3:10 p.m.
Sunday: RHP Sonny Gray (3-4, 6.00) vs. LHP Matt Moore (1-3, 4.83) CSNCA, 10:10 a.m. A’s update: Oakland has lost five in a row after beginning this nine-game trip with a win (by Hill) in Game 1 of a daynight doubleheader at Baltimore last Saturday. Overall, the A’s, have lost nine of their last 10 — in fact, they are 1-9 in May after a 13-12 April.… Besides their franchise record of giving up 11 runs or more in four consecutive games, the have given up 77 runs in their past eight games (9.6 per game).… Entering Thursday’s action, the A’s were last in the American League in team ERA at 4.97.… As bad as things have been on the road, are the Athletics really looking forward to returning home? They are only 5-11 at the Coliseum, the worst home record in the A.L. Rays update: Tampa Bay is in fourth place in the A.L. East at 15-17. The Rays have lost three in a row after being swept by Seattle. That The A’s current trip has fallen apart since Rich Hill, above, won at Baltimore on Saturday. Hill will try to snap the five-game losing streak Friday at Tampa Bay. cameon the heels of their three-game Mariners’ Felix Hernandez. Forsythe is sweep over the Los Angeles Angels batting a team-leading .308.… Third at Anaheim.… Tampa Bay is 9-9 at baseman Evan Longoria has six homers Tropicana Field.… Second baseman and 17 RBIs, but is batting only .233. Logan Forsythe should be ready to On the just-completed six-game West return to the lineup after missing two Coast trip, hewas 4 for 23 (.174). games because of a left shoulder injury. — BAYAREA NEWS GROUP Hewas hit by a pitch Monday by the