Official Oakland A's thread (umpire, ticket, game, Red Sox)
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A disappointment for the Athletics in the game would be Stephen Piscotty. Three strikeouts in four at bats is unacceptable.
Piscotty has issues bumming out at home plate striking out and not hitting balls with bats for base hits and runs batted in. His shenanigans earned him assignments in the Cardinals' farm system. Cardinals fans were happy to see him go.
Adrian Beltre with a single and Nomar Mazara with a double lead off the 2nd to put runners on 2nd & 3rd, Beltre would score on a Robinson Chirinos groundout, and Rougned Odor single brought home Mazara. Gallo put the Rangers ahead 3-0 with a homer to RF in the 3rd. Chad Pinder would get that run back with a home run of his own in the bottom half to make it 3-1, and Odor would finish the scoring with a single to score Mazara in the 4th. Kendall Gravemen (0-1) allowed 4 runs on 8 hits (1 homer) with 1 walk and 1 strike out in 5 innings. Cole Hamels (1-1) allowed 1 run on 4 hits (1 homer) with 3 walks and 11 strikeouts in 5 innings, Alex Claudio (2nd hold), and Chris Martin (2nd hold) combined to allow 3 hits with 1 strikeout in 3 scoreless innings and Keone Kela (1st save) had a hit & a strikeout in a scoreless 9th.
Game 3 of the 4 game series goes on Wednesday night. Doug Fister (1-0, 1.80) starts for the Rangers against Sean Manaea (0-1, 1.17). Game time scheduled for 10:05.
Bruce Maxwell doubled home Matt Chapman with a 2 out double in the 2nd. Rangers starter Doug Fister allowed a single to Chapman, a walk to Chad Pinder and a walk to Maxwell to load the bases. Chapman scored on an error by Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos, a Marcus Semien sac fly scored Pinder, and then a Jed Lowrie double scored Maxwell and Powell to put the A’s up 5-0. A Ryan Rua groundout scored Nomar Mazara in the 5th to put the Rangers on the boards. Matt Olson had a 0 out bases loaded single in the 7th to finish the A’s scoring on the day, but the Rangers averted further damage by getting Chapman to strike out, Pinder to pop up, and Maxwell to ground out, and Shin-Soo Choo had his first homer of the year for the Rangers final run of the night. Fister (1-1) allowed 5 runs (only 2 earned) on 7 hits in 3.2 with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Sean Manaea (1-1) allowed 1 run on 3 hits with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts in 8 innings. Daniel Mengden (0-1, 7.94) started for the A’s in the series finale against Martin Perez (13-12, 4.82 in 2017) making his first start of the year. Game time was 3:40
Thursday: Rangers 6 @ A's 3.
Adrian Beltre doubled leading off the 2nd to become the All-time hits leader among Latin born players, and tie Rickey Henderson on the all-time hit list, and then would score 2 batters later on Rougned Odor’s single. Both Odor and Mazara would score on a Mengden error, and Rua would score on a Jake Smolinski single. Lowrie would put the A’s on the board in the 3rd with an RBI double, and then Semien would add a sac fly to score Pinder to cut the defecit in half at 4-2. Matt Joyce would get the A’s to within 1 at 4-3 with a sac fly. Choo would add some insurance runs for the Rangers in the 9th with a 2 run homer in the 9th to finish the scoring. Mengden (0-2) allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits with 1 walk and 2 strikeouts in 5.1. Perez (1-0) scattered 10 hits in 5.1 allowing 3 runs with 0 walks and 1 strikeout. Kevin Jepsen (1st hold), Matt Bush (1st hold), Jake Diekman (1st hold), and Chris Martin (3rd hold) combined to allow 2 hits, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts in 2.2 scoreless innings while Keona Kela (2nd save) allowed a walk with 2 strikeouts in a hitless 9th inning. Rangers head home to open a 3 game series with the Blue Jays on Friday while the A’s will face the Angels for the second time in a week, this time in Anaheim. Parker Bridwell (10-3, 3.64 in ’17) starts the A’s against Daniel Gossett (0-1, 9.00). Game time was 10:07.
Friday: A's 9 @ Angels 13.
Lowrie had a 2 out homer in the first, and the A’s would put up 5 runs in the 2nd to go up 6-0. After a groundout to begin the inning Chapman singled, Jonathan Lucroy doubled, and with Stephen Piscotty batting a Martin Maldonado passed ball scored Chapman, and a Piscotty sac fly scored Lucroy. Powell would single and then the A’s would get back-to-back homers from Matt Joyce and Semien to conclude the scoring in the inning, but a long way away from the scoring on the night being concluded. Shohei Ohtani would homer for the 3rd straight game to get the Angels on the board in the bottom half, and then in the 4th Andrellton Simmons singled home Albert Pujols, a Luis Valbuena groundout scored Kole Calhoun, and then Maldonado cut the deficit to 1 with an RBI single. Chapman would have a 2 run homer in the 6th to restore a 3 run lead for the A’s, but the Angels got the 2 runs back in the bottom half on a Simmos single and Ohtani bases loaded walk, but Yusmiero Petit would keep the A’s in the lead as Maldonado ended the inning with a double play. Matt Olson would add a 2 out solo home run in the 7th to put the A’s in front 9-7. 2 runners would score on a 2 out error by Chapman, and following an intentional walk to Mike Trout, Justin Upton put the Angels in front for good with a 3 run homer to center, and the last Angels run would score in the 8th on a wild pitch by Santiago Casilla. Bridwell allowed 6 runs on 7 hits (3 homers) with 0 walks and 0 strikeouts in 1.2 and ex-A’s pitcher Jim Johnson (1-0) allowed 1 run on 1 hit (1 homer) with 0 walks and 1 strikeout in 1.1. Gossett allowed 5 runs on 5 hits (1 homer) with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts, Emilio Pagan (1st hold) and Ryan Buchter (1st hold) allowed 2 runs (0 earned) with 1 walk and 0 strikeouts in 1.2. Blake Treinen (0-1, 1st blown save) allowed 3 runs (0 earned) on 1 hit (1 homer) with 1 walk and 1 strikeout in 1/3 of an inning. Game 2 of the series is on Saturday: JC Ramirez (0-1. 7.71) starts for the Halos against Andrew Triggs (0-1, 1.80). Game time slated for 9:07.
Stephen Piscotty had a 2 out double in the second to drive home Matt Chapman and after walks to Jake Smolinski and Matt Joyce loaded the bases Marcus Semien had a 2 RBI single to put the A’s up 3-0. Justin Upton 2 run homer in the 4th put the Angels on the board and cut the deficit to 1. Jed Lowrie homered in the top of the 5th to restore a 2 run A’s lead at 4-2, and Luis Valbuena would counter Lowrie’s solo home run with a solo home run of his own in the 7th to cut the A’s lead to 4-3. After Matt Olson started the 8th with a walk, Chapman hit one to LF that Upton lost in the lights which scored Olson, and Bruce Maxwell had a single that scored Chapman, and then Olsen had a 2 out RBI single in the 9th to finish the scoring. Angels put the first 2 batters on in the 9th against Blake Treinen, but Treinen was able to retire the final 3 batters. JC Ramirez (0-2) allowed 3 runs on 2 hits with 5 walks and 1 strikeout in only 2 innings of work. Andrew Triggs (1-0) allowed 2 runs on 4 hits (1 homer) with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts, Ryan Buchter (2nd hold) and Emilio Pagan (2nd hold) combined for 1 run on 1 hit (1 homer) with a strikeout in 1.1 innings and Blake Treinen (2nd save) allowed 2 hits and had 4 strikeouts in 2 innings of work. Kendall Gravemen (0-1, 8.10) starts for the A’s against Shohei Ohtani (1-0, 4.50) in the rubber game of the series. Game time starts at 4:07.
Mike Trout drew a 1 out walk, and after Kendall Graveman struck out Justin Upton Albert Pujols had an RBI double and then scored on Kole Calhoun’s single, Trout would homer in the 3rd for a 3-0 Angels lead, and in the 4th Trout would add an RBI single for a 4-0 lead and later in the inning would add a 5th run on an Upton sac fly. With the way Shohei Ohtani was pitching for the Angels (perfect through 6.1) that would be more than enough for the Angels but they added a 6th and final run on a Ryan Schimpf home run to lead off the 6th. Matt Joyce would have the lone A’s RBI with a 1 out homer to RF. Graveman (0-2) was subpar yet again allowing 5 runs on 5 hits (1 homer) with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts in 6.1. Ohtani (2-0) allowed only 1 hit, 1 walk, with 12 strikeouts through 7 scoreless innings 6 1/3 of which were perfect. Both teams hit the road for their next series, though one team is only heading down the 405. Angels open a 3 game series in Arlington against a Rangers team coming off losing 2 of 3 to the Blue Jays. A’s will stay in Southern Cal and will play their first interleague series a quick 2 game set against the Dodgers @ Chavez Ravine after a well-deserved off day Monday: A’s & Rangers are the only 2 teams that have yet to have an off day in the majors this year, the Rangers will get their first off day on Thursday. Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-0, 7.36) starts for the Dodgers against Sean Manaea (1-1, 1.15) with game time scheduled for 10:10.
Dodgers started the game with back-to-back home runs Chris Taylor to lead off the game followed by Corey Seager for a quick 2-0 Dodgers lead 2 batters into the game . Matt Kemp had a wall scrapping home run in the 5th, literally, it hit the top of the wall and bounced over, guess that’s the breaks the A’s are getting so far this year for a 3-0 lead, Cody Bellinger singles and Logan Forsythe doubled to score Bellinger for a 4-0 lead. And with the A’s only having 3 base runners total through 7 innings (1 walk & 2 singles) this looks like more than enough for the Dodgers. They did threaten in the 8th but Marcus Semien’s double bounced-over the wall so instead of a double Stephen Piscotty had to stop at 3rd. They had 2 on with 1 out in the 9th as well but Jonathan Lucroy struck out and Piscotty grounded out to end it. Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0) allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts in 6 scoreless and Kenley Jansen (2nd save) had 1 strikeout in 2/3 of an inning. Sean Manaea (1-2) allowed 2 runs on 7 hits (2 homers) with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Alex Wood (0-1, 1.93) starts for the Dodgers while the A’s give the ball to Daniel Mengden (0-2, 6.55) with first pitch scheduled for 10:10.
Wednesday: A's 16 @ Dodgers 6.
Kris Davis had a 2 out, 2 run homer in the first the first 2 of many runs the A’s would put on the board against Wood and the Dodgers bullpen. Seager would have an RBI double in the 1st for a 2-1 A’s lead. Davis would score on Matt Chapman’s single, starting pitcher Mengden would have a RBI single, Semien had a 2 run double, and then Matt Olson had a single scoring Semien. Yasmani Grandal would homer in the 4th to cut the deficit to 2-7, and the A’s Jed Lowrie would get that run back in the 6th on an RBI single. Grandal would have a single that scored Kemp, and Bellinger would score on Logan Forsythe groundout to make it 9-4. Semien had a single in the 7th to make it 10-4, and Chapman would have a 2 run homer in the 8th to make it 12-4 and Chase Utley had a sac fly to make it 12-5. Semien had an RBI force out and Lowrie had a 3 run homer to finish the scoring with 16 runs scored, and Kiki Hernandez would homer in the bottom half for the 22nd and games final run of the night. Both teams have Thursday off. A’s continue on their road trip with a stop in Seattle for a 3 game series. Andrew Triggs (1-0, 2.53) starts for the A’s while Mike Leake (2-0, 3.00) starts for the Mariners. First pitch scheduled from the Emerald City at 10:10.
Friday: A's 4 @ Mariners 7.
Khris Davis lead the A's with 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 3 of the 4 RBI's on 2 home runs and Matt Chapman finished 2-4 with a run scored and RBI. Mitch Haniger had 4 RBI's to lead the Mariners, Jean Segura and Robinson Cano each scored 2 runs, and Kyle Seager had 3 hits. Andrew Triggs allowed 2 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 5 innings. Ryan Buchter (3rd hold) and Yusmiero Petit (1st hold) allowed 1 run on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts in 1.2, Danny Coulombe (0-1) walked the only batter he faced and he came around to score and Chris Hatcher (1st blown save) allowed 3 runs on 3 hits (2 home runs) in 1/3 of an inning. Mike Leake allowed 3 runs on 7 hits (2 homers) with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 6 innings, Dan Altavilla (1-1) had a walk and a strikeout in a hitless inning, and Edwin Diaz (5th save) had a walk and a strikeout as well in a hitless inning.
Saturday: A's 8 @ Mariners 10.
Segura (2-5, 1 run scored) and Haniger (2-5, 1 run scored) each had 3 RBI's to lead the Mariners, while Dee Gordon and Seager each had 3 hits with Seager & Dan Vogelbach scoring 2 runs. Mark Canha lead the A's finishing 2-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBI's. Davis & Stephon Piscotty each had 2 RBI's, while Jed Lowrie lead the A's with 3 hits. Marco Gonzales allowed 4 runs on 5 hits with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts, Chasen Bradford (1-0) had a walk and a strikeout in 1.2 hitless innings, Juan Nicasio (6th hold) allowed 1 run on 1 hit (1 homer) with 2 strikeouts in 1 inning while Diaz (6th save) had a strikeout and a hit allowed in a scoreless inning. Kendall Graveman (0-3) was terrible once again allowing 5 runs on 8 hits (1 homer) with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts in 4 innings.
Sunday: A's 2 @ Mariners 1.
Taylor Motter had the Mariners only RBI on a 5th inning home run while Seager had the only other Mariners hit on the afternoon. Lowrie had the A's only 2 RBI's on a first inning 2 run homer, and Lowrie & Marcus Semien each recorded 2 hits on the afternoon. Felix Hernandez (2-2) allowed 2 runs on 5 hits (1 homer) with 0 walks and 7 strikeouts in 6.1. Sean Manaea (2-2) allowed 1 run on 2 hits (1 homer) with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 7 innings, Buchter (4th hold) had a walk in a hitless 2/3 of an inning and Blake Treinen (3rd save) had a strikeout in a hitless 1.1. In other West action from Sunday: Angels/Royals in KC was postponed to June 25 and the Rangers beat the Astros 3-1. That leaves the Angels at 13-3 in first, Houston at 10-6 is 3 back, Seattle is 3.5 back at 8-5, A's are 6-10 7 games back and the Rangers are 6-11 7.5 back of the Angels. 3 game series with the White Sox starts on Monday. Daniel Mengden (1-2, 6.19) starts for the A's against Rodrigo Lopez (0-1, 0.69) with first pitch scheduled for 10:05. In other West action on Monday: Texas is at the Trop to play the Rays, the Mariners host the World Champ Astros while the Angels have the day off.
Jed Lowrie was 1-4 with a walk and 3 RBI’s, Khris Davis had an RBI, Matt Olson had a run scored and RBI with a home run, Stephon Piscotty finished 2-4 with a run and RBI, Jonathan Lucroy scored 2 runs, Matt Chapman walked and scored a run, Marcus Semien had a base hit and a run scored, and Matt Joyce had 2 runs scored. Daniel Mengden (2-2) allowed 1 run on 6 hits (1 home run) with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts in 8+ innings (he pitched to 1 batter in the 9th and allowed a home run to Jose Abreu before he was removed). The other 2 runs scored on a double play (no RBI) and an error. Abreu finished 1-4 with a run scored and RBI on a home run to break up the shutout and Adam Engel lead the Sox with 2 hits in 3 at bats. Rodrigo Lopez (0-2) allowed 2 runs on 4 hits (1 homer) with 4 walks and 10 strikeouts in 6 innings. In other West scores from Monday: Rangers lose to Tampa 4-8, and the Mariners beat the Astros 2-1, which keeps the Angels in first with a 13-3 record Seattle is 3 back at 9-5, Houston at 10-7 is 3.5 back, Oakland is 6.5 back with a 7-10 record, and the Rangers bring up the rear at 6-12 8 games behind the Angels. The series continues on Tuesday. Trevor Cahill (4-3, 4.93 with the Padres & Royals in 2017) makes his return to the A's and Miguel Gonzalez (0-2, 8.68) starts for the White Sox, game time scheduled for 10:05. The Rangers/Rays and Astros/Mariners series continue on Tuesday while the Angels will resume action after having Monday off and getting snowed out in Kansas City Sunday as they take on the Bo Sox at home.
As of this morning the A's have two of the top five AL WAR performers among position players. Matt Chapman is tied with Mike Trout for the lead with 1.6, and out of nowhere Jed Lowrie has been been hitting like Rogers Hornsby and is in a three way tie for third place at 1.4 WAR.
Lowrie & Chapman have been great, Olson has been pretty good, Davis is still good, Semien seems to have figured it out after what seeems like 10 years, Joyce gets on base. Rest of the team ehhh. Manaea has been fantastic so far this year, Triggs was bad today but has been pretty good, Mengden has been mostly terrible but was good last night so hopefully that’s a start, and Graveman has been atrocious all season, I’m struggling to find anything positive to say about him.
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. Matt Kemp had a wall scrapping home run in the 5th, literally, it hit the top of the wall and bounced over, guess that’s the breaks the A’s are getting so far this year for a 3-0 lead, Cody Bellinger singles and Logan Forsythe doubled to score Bellinger for a 4-0 lead. And with the A’s only having 3 base runners total through 7 innings (1 walk & 2 singles) this looks like more than enough for the Dodgers. They did threaten in the 8th but Marcus Semien’s double bounced-over the wall so instead of a double Stephen Piscotty had to stop at 3rd. They had 2 on with 1 out in the 9th as well but Jonathan Lucroy struck out and Piscotty grounded out to end it. Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0) allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts in 6 scoreless and Kenley Jansen (2nd save) had 1 strikeout in 2/3 of an inning. Sean Manaea (1-2) allowed 2 runs on 7 hits (2 homers) with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Alex Wood (0-1, 1.93) starts for the Dodgers while the A’s give the ball to Daniel Mengden (0-2, 6.55) with first pitch scheduled for 10:10.