Jeremy Hellickson
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Rays avoid sweep vs. A's with Hellickson win

Kevin Kiermaier hit a two-run homer to help Jeremy Hellickson end a six-start winless stretch and earn his first victory in 11 months, as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 Wednesday to avoid a sweep.
Aug 6, 2014, 11:10 pm - Associated Press
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OAK
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J. Hellickson
win

J. Hellickson1-1

7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB
S. Gray
loss

S. Gray12-5

4.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

TBOAK
2ndK Kiermaier grounded out to second, Y Escobar scored, C Figueroa to third.10
4thK Kiermaier homered to right (375 feet), J Molina scored.30
4thE Longoria singled to center, B Zobrist scored.40
5thD Jennings singled to center, Y Escobar and C Figueroa scored, K Kiermaier to third.60
5thB Zobrist singled to right, K Kiermaier scored, D Jennings to third.70
6thE Sogard homered to right (349 feet).71
9thJ Reddick doubled to deep center, J Donaldson and B Moss scored.73
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