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MLB: Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3

(Boxscore)
Published: July 23, 2008 at 4:07 PM

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 23 (UPI) -- Fifth inning home runs by Jhonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist lifted Tampa Bay past the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon.

With Oakland holding a 2-0 lead and two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Gomes belted a two-run homer and Zobrist followed with a solo shot.

Zobrist's seventh inning RBI single was the sixth hit for the Rays, who won the rubber match of the three-game series at Tropicana Field to retain a share of first place in the American League East Division.

Winner James Shields (9-6) gave up three earned runs and six hits in 8 1/3 innings with no walks and seven strikeouts.

Closer Troy Percival earned his 20th save despite allowing the potential tying run to reach base with a walk.

Oakland got solo homers from Emil Brown and Carlos Gonzalez in the first and second innings, respectively, and Brown's ninth-inning sacrifice fly.

The losing pitcher was starter Greg Smith (5-9).

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