The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 and have won four of their last five games overall.
Chris Archer pitched 5 1/3 inning with six hits, one earned run and eight strikeouts. Archer recorded his first win at home since April 26 this season (Archer was 0-2 with a 6.06 ERA in his previous three starts at Tropicana Field).
Evan Longoria hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning that put the Rays up for good. It was his fifth home run of the season and the first in his last 12 games.
According to ESPN Stats and Information Group, Tim Beckham's eighth-inning home run off Arnold Leon was calculated at 464 feet, the sixth-longest home run in MLB this season and the longest home run hit by the Rays in the last five seasons.
