ST. PETERSBURG Adam Jones Jersey , Fla. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics missed out this weekend on gaining ground to host the AL wild-card game.Khris Davis hit a grand slam in the ninth inning but the Athletics again came up short, beaten by the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Sunday.“It was good to see on a day that looks like we’re dragging a little bit or a little bit flat to be able to put up a four-spot like that,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.The A’s remained 1 ½ games behind the New York Yankees for the top AL wild-card spot. Oakland lost for the second straight day at Tropicana Field — the Yankees fell to Toronto both days.Oakland dropped 4 ½ games behind AL West-leading Houston, which beat Arizona.Tampa Bay trails Oakland by seven games with 14 games left.C.J. Cron and Willy Adames homered off A’s starter Mike Fiers. Eight Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a four-hitter.“Oakland came in here as hot as any team and we pitched like we needed to,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Down 5-0, the A’s loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth on three walks by Jake Faria. After Jose Alvarado struck out Jed Lowrie, Sergio Romo allowed Davis’ major league-leading and career-high tying 43rd homer before getting the final two outs for his 21st save.Davis’ second career slam gave him 115 RBIs, second in the majors to the 122 for Boston’s J.D. Martinez.Fiers (12-7) dropped to 5-1 over eight starts since being acquired from Detroit on Aug. 6. He gave up three runs and four hits in four innings. The righty worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the second.“Put the guys behind early,” Fiers said. “Just too many jams, too many errant pitches.”Cron had a two-run drive in the first and Adames hit a fourth-inning solo shot. The Rays (82-66) secured their first winning season since reaching the playoffs in 2013 (92-71) as an AL wild-card team.“There’s no way around it, we’ve had a good year,” Cron said. “It’s just that the guys in front of us are having an exceptionally good year. I think most years this (record) would be good enough for a playoff spot.”Diego Castillo worked the first inning for the Rays, then Andrew Kittredge (3-2), Hunter Wood and Jaime Schultz all went two innings apiece.Kittredge also got the win in the Rays’ 7-5 victory Saturday night by retiring his only batter, Mark Canha, on two-out http://www.oriolesfanproshop.com/authentic-manny-machado-jersey , bases-loaded grounder in the eighth.Matt Olson, who went 2 for 3 with a walk, was the only Oakland player to reach base through seven innings.Cron put Tampa Bay ahead 2-0 on his career-high 27th home, coming two pitches after Lowrie could only get a forceout after bobbling an apparent inning-ending double-play grounder to second by Ji-Man Choi.The Rays went up 5-0 in the seventh on Brandon Lowe’s two-run triple.TWENTY IS STILL SPECIALRays ace Blake Snell (19-5) will be seeking a major league-leading 20th win in the second of a three-game series Tuesday night at Texas. “I think it’s a huge stat for a pitcher,” Cash said. “Sometimes you’re at the mercy of the club, I understand that, but ultimately if you win 20 ballgames you’re going to put the club on your back and carry a lot of the load. Blake has done that.”TRAINER’S ROOMAthletics: RHP Trevor Cahill (upper back) is nearing a bullpen session and might rejoin the rotation next weekend. “We’ll have a better indication once gets off the mound and really has to extend,” Melvin said. “I think that’s where he was having his troubles.” Cahill is 6-3 in 19 starts.Rays: OF Tommy Pham, playing through groin and right ring finger injuries was rested. … Cash said it is unclear if C Michael Perez (left hamstring) will return this season.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Liam Hendriks (0-1) will be the opener for the sixth time this month Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.Rays: RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-4) will face Texas RHP Adrian Sampson (0-1) on Monday night. LOS ANGELES (AP) It took 56 years for Dodger Stadium to see a game like this.Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig hit two homers each, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 21-5 on Thursday night.Brian Dozier and Justin Turner also went deep as Los Angeles finished with its highest scoring total at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers hit a season high-tying seven homers, and also set season highs for runs in a game, and in an inning when they had nine in the seventh.”That is more indicative of our club offensively,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ”You’re going to have spells where you don’t have hits and there will be bad at-bats when guys pitch well, but the last couple of nights, with a walk-off win (Wednesday), that can give you a shot in the arm and hopefully it continues.”Clayton Kershaw (5-5) gave up two runs and five hits over six innings Chris Davis Jersey , winning his second consecutive start. He also won for the fourth time in his last six outings, while striking out seven with two walks.Christian Yelich and Jesus Augilar each hit home runs for the Brewers, who lost for just the fifth time in 13 games. Yelich’s home run off Kershaw was his 16th. Aguilar, who went deep against Dodgers reliever Erik Goeddel, hit his 26th.But this game was all about the Dodgers’ offense. The starting outfield of Pederson, Bellinger and Puig each had four RBIs. Acording to STATS LLC, the only other time that happened was in 1964, when the Milwaukee Braves’ trio of Hank Aaron, Rico Carty and Lee Maye did it.Bellinger snapped an 0-for-13 slide when he lifted a 0-1 pitch from Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin off the right-field foul pole for his 18th of the season. It was his second grand slam this season and third of his two-year career.”It was fun,” Bellinger said. ”You never expect to score that many runs, but when you do, you just try to take advantage of it at the plate and I think we did a good job of that today.”Chacin (10-4) gave up nine runs and five hits with four walks over 4 1/3 innings. It was the right-hander’s worst outing since giving up eight runs over 4 1/3 innings June 24 at home against the St. Louis Cardinals.”They have a good lineup,” Chacin said. ”I feel like they always have a good lineup and they have good guys like (Manny) Machado and Dozier. They’re going to be the team to beat in the National League and hopefully we play against them again.”Infielder Hernan Perez and catcher Erik Kratz each made his third appearance on the mound for the Brewers.Pederson started the Dodgers’ home-run binge when he led off the game with a drive deep into the seats in right field. It was the seventh leadoff home run of his career, with four of those coming this year. He added a three-run shot in the seventh to give him 16 on the season.Puig had a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the seventh to give him 14 on the season. Dozier, who was acquired from Minnesota at Tuesday’s trade deadline, hit a three-run shot to left field in the fifth, his 18th. It was Dozier’s second home run in two starts with the Dodgers.Turner hit his sixth home run after coming off the 10-day disabled list earlier Thursday. He had been out since July 22 with a strained right groin.The Dodgers scored double-digit runs for the second time in the second half http://www.oriolesfanproshop.com/authentic-brooks-robinson-jersey , both against the Brewers. It was the 10th time this season the Dodgers have scored 10 or more runs in a game.The Dodgers won the season series against the Brewers 4-3 after splitting the four-game series at home.DODGERS NOT FOOLEDDespite crushing the Brewers on Thursday, the Dodgers continued the theme postgame that Milwaukee is a team they could see in the postseason.Kershaw admitted he wasn’t at his best despite earning the victory over six innings, and said a relentless Brewers offense was part of the reason.”One of these days, maybe in the payoffs, I’ll figure out how to get Yelich out,” Kershaw said. ”He’s swinging the bat unbelievably right now and fortunately our bats were a little bit hotter tonight.”Kershaw was asked about how tough the Brewers lineup would be in October.”All the way up and down the (Brewers) lineup (there are) a lot of guys are swinging the bats,” Kershaw said.AX MAN COMINGThe Dodgers are expected to add new reliever John Axford to the active roster Friday for the start of a three-game series against the Houston Astros. The Dodgers acquired the right-hander at Tuesday’s trade deadline.TRAINER’S ROOMBrewers: RHP Zach Davies (rotator cuff inflammation), who has been out since the start of June, will have at least two more minor league rehab starts before he returns to the Brewers’ rotation.Dodgers: 2B Chase Utley went on the 10-day disabled list because of left wrist inflammation opening a roster spot for Turner (right groin strain), who was reinstated to the active roster. … LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (strained left groin) went four scoreless innings, giving up two hits, in a rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. … LHP Zach Rosscup (left middle finger inflammation) pitched one scoreless inning in a rehab outing also at Rancho Cucamonga.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Junior Guerra (6-7, 3.43 ERA) will take the mound at home on Friday in for the start of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies.Dodgers: LHP Alex Wood (7-5, 3.68) starts the opener of a three-game series against the Astros.—