The Athletics host the Tampa Bay Rays to start their first series of the season on Monday.
After consecutive sweeps, the Tampa Bay Rays go for their seventh straight win when they travel to take on the Athletics on Monday night. This is the first series of the season between the Rays and the A’s. They’ll play in St. Petersburg next month for the final series between these American League foes. The Rays are flying high right now, winning six straight and seven of their last eight games. Tampa Bay has built a nice cushion for its lead in the American League East, sitting 5.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees. The Rays are now 71-46 overall and 30-28 on the road with the best record in the American League. The A’s are going for their third straight win, as they are coming off a series win over the Boston Red Sox over the weekend. The Athletics had lost 12 straight series before that. The A’s are 47-71 with a 21-36 road mark.
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Game Date: Monday, Aug. 10, 2026
Game Time: 9:40 p.m. ET
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The A’s will start Freddy Peralta, who is 5-9 with a 5.37 ERA in 117.1 innings. Just last week, Peralta was traded to the Rays from the New York Mets in exchange for Aidan Smith, Gary Gill Hill, and Emilien Pitre. The Athletics will counter with Jacob Lopez, who is 5-4 with a 5.64 ERA in 75 innings.
The Rays had their way with another AL West opponent over the weekend, earning the sweep of the Seattle Mariners on Sunday with a 4-1 victory. Seattle scored the first run of the game in the first inning, but the Mariners could not score the rest of the way. The Rays tied the game in the fourth on an RBI single from Yandy Diaz, and Cedric Mullins hit the go-ahead single in the fifth that put Tampa Bay ahead for good. Ian Seymour had a great game and settled down after the first inning. Seymour improved to 9-3 on the season after going six innings while only giving up one run on five hits, and he struck out seven. Liam Hicks hit a two-RBI double in the sixth to add some extra insurance.
The A’s pulled off an upset, winning the rubber match against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, 4-3, to take the series. Max Muncy hit the tiebreaking RBI double off the Green Monster off of ace closer Aroldis Chapman of all people. Boston had won nine straight games before the A’s earned back-to-back wins. Will breaking their 12-series losing streak give the A’s the momentum in this series against an even better AL East team?
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