Rays put 'all-encompassing' struggles up against A's

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The Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays meet for the first time this season Tuesday night at the start of a three-game series at St. Petersburg, Fla., that matches a pair of clubs trending in opposite directions.

In Oakland's 112-loss campaign in 2023, not much went right on or off the field. This season, though, manager Mark Kotsay's club is playing much better baseball and