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Fireballer Frankie Montas made good on a fortuitous opportunity, providing six innings of one-run ball to help the A’s edge the D-backs, 2-1, and pull out the series win Sunday at the Coliseum. Battery mate Jonathan Lucroy notched his first homer as an Athletic to help the cause. Zack Greinke went six innings for the…
Daniel Mengden pitched a shutout on Saturday, shutting down the D-backs as the A’s evened up the series at the Oakland Coliseum with a 3-0 win. Matt Joyce, Matt Olson and Chad Pinder provided the A’s offense on the day, with all three hitting solo homers. Clay Buchholz made his second start with the D-backs…
Sean Manaea’s rough month of May continued Friday night, as the A’s starter was knocked around by the D-Backs to the tune of a 7-1 loss at Oakland Coliseum. Manaea allowed six runs on eight hits and lasted just 3 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. OAK Homepage News
Backed by a four-run first inning against Felix Hernandez, the A’s pieced together a tidy bullpen day to edge the Mariners, 4-3, and avoid a three-game sweep at the Coliseum on Thursday afternoon. Stephen Piscotty put the A’s on top with a two-out, two-run double. Hernandez went on to pitch six innings and retired 16…
Daniel Gossett was phenomenal in his return to the big leagues, holding the Mariners to one unearned run over a career-high-tying seven innings at the Coliseum on Wednesday night. OAK Homepage News
Craig Taylor