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OAKLAND, Calif. Philadelphia 76ers Shirts . -- Sonny Gray is making the adjustments and turning into a quality starter in just his first month in the big leagues. Its something Stephen Vogt can appreciate. Coco Crisp had three hits -- including a home run -- and drove in two runs, Gray threw 6 2-3 stellar innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Saturday night. "Sonny is fun to watch I dont care who you are," said Vogt, who hit a triple and scored Oaklands first run. "Its more than the way he pitches. Its the way he bounces off the mound and fields his position. Ive been fortunate to have a front row seat for many of his starts. Hes an electric pitcher." Grey (2-2) allowed five hits, walked one and struck out seven and the As won their fifth in six games to remain two games behind Texas in the AL West. "The big thing was my fastball command," Gray said. I was able to keep it down. In my last start I was elevating it. Keeping it down was big." James Loney had two hits for the Rays, who lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell 4 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The As and Rays are the top two teams in the AL wild-card race. "Offensively we have to stir it up," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Weve pitched well and caught it but we havent hit well. The offence has to pick it up. Weve got a lot of it in place; we just need to get it going." Alex Cobb (8-3) lost for the first time since April 30 despite allowing two runs and five hits. He walked four and struck out seven. "I felt great the whole game," Cobb said. "Obviously the home run to Coco was tough. Hes owned me throughout my career. I have to find a new way to pitch to him." Grant Balfour pitched the ninth, giving up an RBI single to Desmond Jennings, for his 35th save in 37 chances. Grey retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced, striking out five of the first six. Cobb set down 12 in a row after giving up a single and walk to the first two hitters he faced. He had five strikeouts in the first two innings. Vogt hit his first career triple leading off the sixth. Crisp followed with a sharp single up the middle against a drawn-in infield. Matt Joyce led off the seventh with a single but was erased on Wil Myers double play grounder. When Loney followed with a single, Sean Doolitte replaced Gray, who received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd. "These fans are awesome," Gray said. "Ive always loved pitching at home." Grey has allowed two earned runs in 21 2-3 innings (0.83 ERA) in Oakland. Doolittle got three outs and Dan Otero struck out Evan Longoria with a runner at second to end the eighth. NOTES: RHP Jamey Wright (2-2, 2.97) was announced as Sundays starter for the Rays. Hell be making his first start since 2007. RHP A.J. Griffin (11-9, 3.94) will start for the As. ... The Rays brought OF Delmon Young, RHP Josh Lueke and C Chris Gimenez to Oakland and will activate the trio on Sunday, when rosters expand. ... Rays OF Luke Scott (back spasms) was evaluated before the game and cleared to play Sunday. ... RHP Jeremy Hellickson threw a bullpen session and reported no problems. Hell be activated on Tuesday.. ... The Rays failed to score at least 100 runs in a month for the first time since July 2009. ... As C John Jaso (concussion) has been playing catch and running. ... As OF Josh Reddick wore a Georgia football helmet and jersey for pre-game drills. Philadelphia 76ers Store . Julien coached the Bruins to the Stanley Cup championship in 2010-11 and is the longest serving coach in consecutive seasons in the teams history. Claude is one of the top coaches in the NHL and has consistently shown a passion for winning, general manager Peter Chiarelli said Sunday in announcing the signing. 76ers Jerseys 2019 . -- Phil Mickelson will be watching the final two rounds of the Masters from home for the first time in 17 years. https://www.cheap76ers.com/ . Catch the action live on TSN2 at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Wild lead the Northwest Division and look to get back into the win column after having a season-high seven-game winning streak cut short with Tuesdays 2-1 loss at Winnipeg in the finale of a five-game road trip (4-1-0).(SportsNetwork.com) - The Anaheim Ducks will try to take the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday by recording a fourth straight win over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 6 from Staples Center. You can watch the game live on TSN and TSN GO at 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt. Anaheim lost the first two games of this best-of-seven series on home ice, but has since rattled off three consecutive victories to grab a 3-2 advantage over the Kings. The Ducks became the first home team to win a game in this series when it notched a 4-3 win in Mondays Game 5 encounter in Orange County. The Kings, however, are unbeaten in elimination games this spring. L.A. won four in a row to beat San Jose in the opening round after dropping the first three games of that set, becoming the fourth club in NHL history to win a series after falling behind 3-0. The emergence of John Gibson has been the big story over the last two games, as the Ducks rookie goaltender is 2-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and .957 save percentage since getting the surprise start in Game 4. The 20-year- old posted a 28-save shutout in his postseason debut in Game 4 at Los Angeles and stopped 39-of-42 shots in Mondays close victory. "I think I got tested more," said Gibson after Game 5. "I got more shots, and the guys did a really good job in front of me again. Thats why were winning." Devante Smith-Pelly scored twice on Monday to help move Anaheim one victory away from its first appearance in the conference finals since 2007, when the team won its only Stanley CCup title. 76ers Jerseys 2020. "Its huge. Thats a pretty good team over there and we dont want to give them too many chances to get off the mat," said Smith-Pelly about the upcoming game. "Were going to be ready for that game, for sure." Nick Bonino and Jakob Silfverberg also scored goals for the Ducks, who won the Pacific Division title this year before beating the Dallas Stars in the opening round. Ducks forward Mathieu Perreault returned Monday from a one-game absence due to a lower-body injury. He assisted on one of Smith-Pelleys goals and has five points (2G, 3A) in nine postseason games this spring. Fellow forward Matt Beleskey has missed the last two games for Anaheim with a lower-body injury and is questionable for Game 6. Marian Gaborik lit the lamp twice in the loss and Trevor Lewis added the other goal for the Kings. Jonathan Quick give up all four goals on 24 shots in the loss. "Now we have to go home and win a home game," said Los Angeles forward Anze Kopitar. "Thats the bottom line. There is no secret to it. We want to come back here and give us a chance." Gaborik leads all players with eight goals in the playoffs, while Kopitar has 16 points for the top spot in the postseason The Kings, the 2012 Stanley Cup champions, are attempting to make the conference final round for a third straight spring. This series, which has been dubbed the "Freeway Faceoff," is the first playoff matchup between these Southern California rivals. ' ' '