Rays maul A's, improve to 9-0

The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11-0 on Easter Sunday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. for their ninth straight win to open the season.

The Rays' 9-0 start matched that of the 2003 Kansas City Royals for the hottest streak to start a season in baseball's wild-card era.

Brandon Low