Photo courtesy of Oakland A’s.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

OAKLAND- The A’s hit the field to take on the Blue Jays in the second of a three-game home series on Saturday evening.

Making only his third start of the season was Luis Medina who in 10.1 innings pitched had given up six earned runs and 1.35 WHIP.

For the Blue Jays it was veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman who heading into this one had a 4-4 record with a 4.60 ERA.

Medina found himself in trouble early in this one as the Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out. Thankfully for Oakland Medina got out of it only giving up one run on a sacrifice fly from Danny Jansen.

After the first though it was smooth sailing for both Medina and Guasman up until the fifth inning.

In the fifth the wheels fell off for Medina who would give up three runs before being replaced by Jack O’Loughlin. The scoring in the fifth was kicked off by Kevin Kiermaier launching one over the right center field wall getting his second homer of the season. Then Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette hit back-to-back doubles increasing their lead to 3-0. The final nail in the coffin for Medina would be another double this time from Danny Jansen getting Bichette home.

Things didn’t get much better with O’Loughlin as he loaded the bases on a walk and Isiah Kiner-Falefa knocked home a run on a single. The final run came on a wild pitch as Daniel Vogelbach got home as Shea Langeliers scrambled to get the ball.

With the damage done the A’s were not able to get any sort of rally going as Gausman had a fantastic outing pitching a complete game. In those nine innings he would only give up five hits and strikeout ten.

Toronto would tack on one more run in the ninth with Vinny Nittoli now on the mound as the culprit this time was Justin Turner as he singled to get Bichette home.

Medina would take the loss getting his first loss of the season while Gausman improves his record to 5-4 with the win.

The most productive hitter for the Blue Jays today was Jansen as he finished with two RBI’s and two hits in the game.

With the loss the A’s fall to 26-40 and 10 games back while the Blue Jays improve to 31-33 and now move to 13.5 games back of first.

The final game of this series will be played Sunday at 1:07 p.m. where Oakland will look to get the series victory. Getting in the start Sunday for the A’s will be Mitch Spence who comes in to the game with a 4-3 record and a 3.86 ERA. While the Blue Jays have yet to announce a starter for Sunday’s game.