C.J. Cron, Joey Wendle and Wilson Ramos hit consecutive homers as Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland A's

It took two months of scrambling and three big swings from the heart of their lineup to finally get the Tampa Bay Rays back above .500 after an awful 1-8 start. Now the challenge for Kevin Cash's ballclub is to stay there. C.J. Cron, Joey Wendle and Wilson Ramos hit consecutive home runs in the third inning and the Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Rays had been in a power slump with only two homers in their previous six games, both coming Sunday in a win over Baltimore. They quickly topped against Daniel Gossett (0-3) in the third. After Gossett struck out the first two batters, Cron hit his 12th home run to left on a 1-1 pitch. Wendle, who spent the past two seasons in Oakland, connected on the sixth pitch for his second homer. Ramos hit his seventh home run three pitches later. It's the fourth time in franchise history that the Rays have hit three consecutive home runs and the first since Sept. 21, 2016.