The dream Juan Marichal Jersey , the longshot dream of the Tampa Bay Rays, probably ended Friday night at the Trop.The Rays came into the three-game series with the Oakland A’s needing what amounted to a miracle — starting with a sweep — to even make a legitimate run at a postseason berth. But that was all shattered when Khris Davis hit his major league-leading 42nd home run of the season in the 10th inning to give the A’s a 2-1 victory.The win reduced Oakland’s magic number for clinching the second wild card to seven, and upped their lead over the Rays to nine games. It also kept the A’s a game and a half behind the Yankees for home-field in the wild-card game — and moved them to within 2 1/2 games of first-place Houston in the American League West.Article continues below ...The Astros lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in Houston on Friday night.The A’s, winning the first game of the series between the league’s two major surprise teams, improved to a MLB-best 29-12 in one-run games with their second win in five games against the Rays this season.“Khris gets to be the hero tonight,” said A’s starter Edwin Jackson. “That’s fun baseball we’re playing right now, every day it’s a different hero, a different person coming through in clutch situations.”Saturday, both teams will start “openers” in bullpen games, Oakland’s Liam Hendriks going against Ryne Stanek — the game being billed as the first-ever matchup of “openers.”Oakland manager Bob Melvin said either Frankie Montas or Chris Bassitt will follow Hendriks, with Yonny Chirinos following Stanek for the Rays.The Rays come in 26-19 when using an “opener,” their ERA since manager Kevin Cash started using one at 3.22 — a league-best 3.48 in the first inning.“It’s just trying to take advantage of what you have http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-cepeda-jersey , and they’ve done a good job of that,” said Melvin. “If the first inning was a problem, you bring a reliever in who’s a little more used to pitching one inning and go from there.“Other teams have guys coming to third base and they’re whining about how they hate the opener. In my mind, ‘Oh, that’s a bummer. We love it and you hate it.’ So, we’ll get a little extra perspective on that (tonight),” said Tampa Bay’s Matt Duffy.The A’s announced Trevor Cahill, originally scheduled to start Saturday, received a trigger point injection in his upper back and will miss at least his next start. The hope had been for him to start twice on the next homestand — he has a 1.49 ERA at home and 7.02 on the road — but that won’t happen now.Duffy returned to the Rays lineup after missing three games with a sore back.“I don’t think the pain is completely out of there, but he wants to be in there,” Cash said.The Rays came out with promotional handbills touting ace Blake Snell for the Cy Young Award — called, “Attack of the Cy Zilla!” It contains a quote from Boston manager Alex Cora saying Snell has “been great against everybody.” Snell’s nickname is “Snellzilla.” The San Diego Padres already made the biggest splash of the MLB offseason Gaylord Perry Jersey , reportedly signing Manny Machado to a 10-year, $300 million deal, perMark FeinsandofMLB.com.And Jon Heyman of the MLB Network even reported on Tuesday afternoon that the team might not be done there.Jon Heyman JonHeymanPadres are pulling off one surprise (once But it appears the Padres will be stopping with Machado.Kevin Acee of theSan Diego Union-Tribune, for example,reported earlier Tuesday that the Padres were "out" on Harper.Bob Nightengale ofUSA Todayreported the same on Tuesday evening:Bob Nightengale BNightengaleThe #Padres are ecstatic landing Manny Machado, and with $300 million committed to Machado, are bowing out of the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. The #Phillies remain the front-runner for Harper while the #SFGiants are also in the picture.It's unclear just what the market will be for Harper. The Washington Nationals reportedly offered him the exact deal Machado ended up with in October, which he turned down. Will the Nationals get back in the bidding?The Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies have also been linked to Harper throughout the offseason, though the Phillies feel like far more likely candidates to splash the major cash it will take to bring in Harper:Joel Sherman Joelsherman1Machado signed for what #Nationals offered Harper in last week of the reg season ?albeit with deferrals. I would suspect Harper is going to beat this still with belief #Phillies remain most likely destinationTodd Zolecki ToddZoleckiThe White Sox figure to compete for Bryce Harper, but they weren willing to go $300 million for Manny Machado. If that remains the case, that good for #Phillies. tnzOtgy95sOf course http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-dave-dravecky-jersey , the Phillies may not be Harper's dream destination, either:Andy Martino martinonycHeard the same thing reiterated from a different source. Harper said to be reluctant to go to Philly. If they can get to $326 mil -- beating Stantons deal, that could overrule his doubts. YgnIsprkMxThe San Francisco Giants have also been rumored to have Harper interest, though theyreportedlyonly want to do a shorter-term deal, which could be a dealbreaker.And, of course, there's always the chance that a mystery team will swoop in at the last minute to sign Harper. At this stage that feels more like something Harper's agent, Scott Boras, would like teams to believe to drive up his client's value, rather than an actual possibility.So there was a scenario in which the Padres could be a contender in the Harper sweepstakes if they were willing to break the bank a second time. But that would mean tying up $600 million in contracts to two players for the next decade.And it appears the Padres aren't interested in going down that road.