Hahn finds groove, flashes confidence in return

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OAKLAND — Jesse Hahn delivered his strongest start of the season, throwing a season-high 7 2/3 innings in Oakland’s 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday.

Hahn scattered four hits and was charged with one run, blending a powerful sinker with an arcing curveball that kept Rays batters off-balance for much of the game. He came within an out of his third win of the season, but Logan Forsythe hit a two-run homer off Ryan Dull, who had relieved Hahn, to tie it in the top of the eighth.

Billy Butler answered with a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the inning, giving Oakland its third straight win and plenty to feel optimistic about moving forward — including Hahn.

“I just feel great right now,” Hahn said. “I was working on a lot of things in Nashville to get back to where I was last year. I think they’re all starting to come together.”

It was Hahn’s first start in the Majors in nearly six weeks. …

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