Graveman, the only starter still in the rotation from the first week of the season, went six innings, and while he only had one bad inning, he came out of the game with the A’s down 4-3, having no chance to earn the win, but on the line for a loss should Oakland be unable to rally.
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Since then, Neal has gone 2-0 with a 2.01 ERA and one save in 10 appearances, including his second career major-league start on Tuesday against Baltimore. The Mariners moved within 5 1-2 games of AL West-leading Texas, matching the closest they’ve been to the division leaders since early June. “Most importantly, I’m healthy and helping the team win by doing something”. My sinker wasn’t sinking as much. “You just have to grind through it”.
“He looked good to me”, said manager Scott Servais who, with pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr., observed Paxton’s bullpen workout.
“It’s not a big shift unless (O’Malley) gets a hit, and he got a hit”, A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “Now, all of a sudden, there’s a run on the board that wasn’t there”.
Neal gave up one run and two hits, struck out one and walked none in 5 1/3 innings in a 2-1 victory over the Orioles. Brett Eibner led off the seventh with his fifth homer of the season. Josh Reddick hit 32 in 2012, Brandon Moss 30 the following season. It’s not impressive. Playing in the playoffs, playing on a winning team is more impressive. Ryon Healy tied the game with one out in the Oakland second with a no-doubt drive to left.
Yonder Alonso hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth inning off rookie Joe Wieland, Khris Davis added his career-high 28th home run and Stephen Vogt had an RBI double and scored twice to help the A’s to their fourth win in five games. His two-run shot to left-center in the sixth also gave him his third homer in the past three days, the second time in Davis’ career that he’s homered three games in a row.
“Until noon today, we didn’t even know if he’d make the start”, Servais said.
Blue Jays 9, Astros 2: Troy Tulowitzki and Russell Martin hit back-to-back home runs, and Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 innings for Toronto. However, today, Graveman made a decision to turn off his targeting computer, instead choosing to trust in his midi-chlorians, but instead of piercing through the oversized, overpowered heart of the Mariners order, far too many pitches of Graveman were landing far too up in the zone and would get hit hard. “But Wade kept us right there and we got a little cushion for him and he got through six, which was nice”.
Every Seattle player except designated hitter Dae-Ho Lee had at least one hit.
Lind homered in the second.
What couldn’t be erased was the first hit off Manaea, a solo homer from Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager with two out in the fifth. “If there is a setback, if he doesn’t feel good, we’ll have to juggle some things with what we’ve got here”. “We’ve been putting pretty good at-bats, top to bottom”. RHP Jesse Hahn (right shoulder strain) threw 30 pitches off the mound and could begin a rehab assignment soon.
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It marked Zych’s first game action since being diagnosed with tendinitis in his rotator cuff after striking out the side on May 1 in a scoreless inning against Kansas City at Safeco Field. Miranda pitched six innings on August 4 in a start against Boston.
