ST. PETERSBURG -- So much of the hype around the A’s offense this year has been about the long ball that Monday seemed conspicuously quiet without one. Not to fear: Oakland was back in business on Tuesday during a 4-3 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field.\n\n“It’s a really good club over there,” said
\n\n“I think that was the play that cost us the game,” Adames said. “It would have been two outs there; maybe the homers wouldn’t happen.”\n\nThe seemingly small victory became part of a much bigger storyline three pitches later, when Olson swatted his 10th home run of the season, a two-run shot to right-center that gave the A’s their first lead of the series at 3-2. All of Olson’s homers have come in the past 28 games.\n\nTwo pitches later,
\n\n \n\nBoth homers came against Rays reliever Emilio Pagan, who spent last season with Oakland.\n\n“No one likes doing that,” Pagan admitted afterward. “Doesn’t make me any more upset than it would anybody else. … I’ve got a relationship with those guys and you always want to do good, especially against your buddies.”\n\nThe A’s evened the series with the win and hope to finish the 10-game, nine-day road trip on a high note by taking Wednesday’s rubber match.\n\nOlson and Davis helped add to a homer-heavy stretch for Oakland. Since May 13, the A’s have gone deep 53 times in 27 games. They hit 51 home runs over their first 42 tilts, have 104 on the season and are one of just five American League teams with 100 or more. Along with Olson and Davis, Oakland has an MLB-best nine players with eight or more home runs.\n\nThe rest of the list? Chapman (16), Canha (10),
\n\nFiers is 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA over his past seven starts, a stretch that began with his May 7 no-hitter.\n\n“Everything \\[was working\\],” he said. “I felt my normal self and was attacking the guys with my stuff, challenging them and making them beat me.”\n\n