Butler’s blast lifts A’s past Rays for series win

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OAKLAND — Billy Butler’s solo home run in the eighth proved to be the difference in the A’s 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum.

After losing the first game of the four-game series, the A’s (45-54) took the final three over the Rays (38-60).

Butler stepped to the plate with one out in the eighth and Erasmo Ramirez quickly got ahead in the count, 0-1. Butler then drove the next pitch over the wall in center for his third home run of the season and a 3-2 A’s lead.

Former Rays farmhand Jesse Hahn started for the A’s and came through with a stellar performance. When he left the game with two out in the eighth and a runner on first, the A’s led, 2-0. But Ryan Dull took over and surrendered a home run to the first batter he faced, Logan Forsythe, tying the game at 2.

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