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- Updated: May 14, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Jake Odorizzi looked toward home plate and brushed his mouth with his right hand. He waited for Marcus Semien to round the bases after a solo home run to left-center field in the fourth inning extended the starter’s rough Friday night.
The A’s cracked three home runs against Odorizzi in a 6-3 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field, a result that extended Tampa Bay’s losing streak to four games. The power display was part of a disappointing outing for the right-hander, who surrendered five runs and seven hits with two strikeouts in four innings.
“It’s baseball,” Odorizzi said. “They get hits and you make a couple of bad pitches, and it costs you runs.”
The long ball proved costly for Odorizzi. Before Friday, he had allowed three home runs through his first seven starts this season and no more than one in a single game. He last gave up three home runs in a contest on Sept. 4, 2015, in a loss to the Yankees in the Bronx during a start that lasted 6 2/3 …
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