The Oakland Athletics could use a win after losing 10 of their last 15 games. Soon after that, the A’s were trailing.
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“I thought it was a foul tip, to be honest with you”, Maxwell said. “Bad pitches, I hung some stuff”.
Hendriks (0-3) got two quick outs in the eighth before George Springer tripled. The startled Maxwell suddenly broke in pursuit of the ball while the equally surprised Bregman belatedly headed for first base. The Athletics won four of five games before being blanked on four hits by four Houston pitchers in the series opener.
Detwiler gave up three hits and struck out seven.
Musgrove had allowed 13 runs over his last two starts. We just didn’t do enough offensively to give him support. “He pitched in today well and had a good changeup”. He is inching his way toward intensifying his throwing program, but there are no assurances that he will pitch again this season. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to hold it for him and that’s all on me”, he said.
Detwiler was magnificent, allowing just one run on three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over seven innings. The exchange has been agreed to by both teams, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has to be approved by Major League Baseball. “It’s a tough game and it’s always tough to win on the road”. If one ball bounces this way or one ball bounces that way then it’s a completely different series.
Detwiler’s performance was his best since his August 10 debut, when he threw eight scoreless innings in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Ken Giles closed for his seventh save.
The Athletics (57-76) took advantage of a fielding error by Correa to scratch across three runs in the second off right-hander Mike Fiers.
“Every win is big, but this one was big for us”, Altuve said. “We played well in St. Louis and didn’t play as well here”.
After officially announcing the trade of outfielder Coco Crisp to Cleveland earlier in the day, the A’s called up Joey Wendle from Triple-A.
Teheran began the night with the lowest run support in the major leagues, but the two-time All-Star used a rare offensive outburst by Atlanta to earn his first home victory since last October 2, a span of 14 starts.
I think he made that either right before or right after that, so that was in my opinion, the play of the game. “And I think for the club as well”.
Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea (left rhomboid strain) will likely miss his next start, manager Bob Melvin said. He has worked six or more innings just twice in his last six starts, serving up eight homers during the stretch.
Right-hander Kendall Graveman (10-8, 3.97 ERA) will start for the Athletics on Tuesday looking to maintain his streak of exceptional appearances.
Athletics: RHP Andrew Triggs (1-1, 4.39 ERA) starts Friday night at home against Boston.
“That’s how this team is – we don’t stop”, said Fiers, who allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
– Stephen Vogt doubled, singled and singled in his first three at-bats. He leads AL catchers with nine games of three or more hits.
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The Astros only had one base runner after the fourth inning and Detwiler wound up retiring 10 of the last 11 batters he faced before turning the game over to the bullpen to start the eighth inning.
