Siri, Palacios Come Through With Huge Hits as Rays Top A’s in 12 Innings

Richie Palacios of the Tampa Bay Rays is lifted in celebration by teammate Jose Siri after hitting a game-winning, RBI single in the 12th inning against the Oakland A's in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 30, 2024. Mike Carlson/AP Photo

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Jose Siri tied the game with a ninth-inning home run, his second of the game, and Richie Palacios hit an RBI single in the 12th to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 6–5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

“When you’re winning, it’s a better feeling,” Palacios said after the Rays took two out of three games from Oakland after having dropped six of the previous seven. “When we’re having tough times, we’re sticking together, and [that] allowed us to get to where we are today.”