The Oakland Athletics suffer a lopsided loss to the white-hot Tampa Bay Rays, their seventh defeat in nine games. [Photo: Getty Images]
The longest winning streak at a season's start is 13 by the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers.
“I think we've got to put this series behind us,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “We'll talk about it, how we get better going forward.” “It’s fundamentals that we’re failing at right now,” Kotsay said. “Again, today we walk seven, hit two, so the storyline here is we need to be better on the mound as well.”Isaac Paredes was hit by pitch starting the fourth, and Ramírez was credited with a single when third baseman Jace Peterson looked at second after fielding a ball and threw late to first.
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