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Rays Beat Oakland A's, Hold On to AL East Lead
ST. PETERSBURG | Jonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist, competing to keep their roster spots, hit back-to-back home runs and James Shields won for the fifth time in his last six starts Wednesday as the Rays held onto first place in the final game of a six-game homestand. READ MORE
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RAYS STATISTICS
(through Sunday, July 13)
| BATTERS | AVG | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
| Navarro | .310 | 245 | 25 | 76 | 4 | 35 |
| Upton | .276 | 330 | 56 | 91 | 6 | 44 |
| Longoria | .275 | 306 | 45 | 84 | 16 | 53 |
| Iwamura | .272 | 368 | 51 | 100 | 5 | 28 |
| Crawford | .270 | 366 | 62 | 99 | 8 | 47 |
| Riggans | .269 | 78 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| Hinske | .267 | 236 | 36 | 63 | 14 | 45 |
| Floyd | .264 | 121 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 18 |
| Bartlett | .256 | 273 | 24 | 70 | 0 | 20 |
| Aybar | .240 | 129 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 8 |
| Pena | .236 | 267 | 38 | 63 | 14 | 47 |
| Gross | .227 | 141 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 21 |
| Zobrist | .222 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Gomes | .185 | 124 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 17 |
| Brignac | .000 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldelli | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | .260 | 3184 | 433 | 828 | 98 | 413 |
| PITCHERS | W | L | ERA | H | ER | HR |
| Balfour | 2 | 1 | 1.64 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Wheeler | 2 | 4 | 2.38 | 25 | 11 | 6 |
| Howell | 6 | 0 | 2.68 | 38 | 17 | 4 |
| Kazmir | 7 | 5 | 3.04 | 66 | 28 | 8 |
| Miller | 0 | 0 | 3.28 | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| Percival | 1 | 0 | 3.54 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
| Shields | 7 | 6 | 3.83 | 119 | 52 | 13 |
| Jackson | 5 | 6 | 3.93 | 105 | 48 | 10 |
| Garza | 7 | 5 | 3.96 | 97 | 45 | 11 |
| Reyes | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| Hammel | 3 | 3 | 4.44 | 56 | 26 | 7 |
| Sonnanstine | 10 | 4 | 4.58 | 136 | 58 | 11 |
| Glover | 1 | 2 | 5.82 | 42 | 22 | 3 |
| Totals | 55 | 39 | 3.79 | 775 | 355 | 84 |
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