Devil Rays 7, Athletics 4

Devil Rays 7, Athletics 4
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Pete LaForest and Carl Crawford drove in two runs each to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Oakland Athletics 7-4 Saturday night.
LaForest hit a two-run double and Crawford had a pair of RBI singles for the Devil Rays (56-84), who surpassed their 2002 victory total.
Tampa Bay's Aubrey Huff stole home in the seventh. He broke for the plate as pinch-hitter Terry Shumpert got into position for a bunt, and Ricardo Rincon's pitch went behind Shumpert, allowing Huff to score.
Jose Guillen homered and drove in two runs for the AL West-leading Athletics, who remained two games ahead of second-place Seattle. Oakland has lost three of four following a 10-game winning streak.
Rob Bell (4-3) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings, helping Tampa Bay end a six-game losing streak against the Athletics. Lance Carter pitched the ninth for his 23rd save in 29 chances.
Athletics bench coach Terry Francona was ejected by plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt in the eighth, apparently for expressing displeasure about the strike zone.
Oakland starter Rich Harden (4-4) allowed five runs and eight hits in 3 2-3 innings. He has given up 25 runs and 34 hits over 27 1-3 innings in last six starts.
Erubiel Durazo's sacrifice fly put Oakland ahead in the first, but LaForest's two-out, two-run double gave Tampa Bay the lead in the second.
Huff had an RBI grounder and Al Martin drove in a run with a double to make it 4-1 in the third. Huff has 22 RBIs in his past 15 games.
Guillen's fourth-inning homer pulled the A's to 4-2. All six of his homers with Oakland have been solo shots.
Tampa Bay got the run back in the bottom half on Crawford's RBI single, which chased Harden. Guillen had an RBI single in the fifth.
Crawford hit his second RBI single for a 6-3 lead in the sixth. Eric Chavez singled home a run in the seventh.
Notes: Guillen was back in the lineup after sitting out two games while serving a suspension for his actions with Cincinnati earlier this year. ... Devil Rays CF Rocco Baldelli took away an extra-base hit from Durazo with a leaping catch near the fence in third. ... Oakland LF Terrence Long, in an 0-for-11 slide, singled in the second and fourth. ... Crawford stole second in the third. He leads the AL with 47 stolen bases. ... Martin had struck out in four previous at-bats -- including once Saturday -- against Harden before his third-inning double.