Oakland 8 Tampa Bay 1

The A's got a much needed victory Tuesday night in Tampa Bay. The A's used positive thinking to get ready for the game, "Everybody had a pretty good outlook today, Bob Geren said. "We're trying to keep everybody positive. We had a little meeting about that and how to lead by example. We talked about it for about a half hour. The mood, I think, was positive." Geren gave second baseman Mark Ellis the day off.