Tag: Oakland A’s

Oakland A’s closer Mason Miller retired the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning to shut the door on the contest at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Aug 25, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara after getting soundly beat in the first two games of this series the Oakland A’s on Sunday avoided getting swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in a one run win 4-3 at the Coliseum.

#2 The A’s got all their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning scoring four runs all they needed them all as they held up for the 4-3 win.

#3 Former Oakland A’s and now Brewers pitcher Frankie Montas took the loss after walking Shea Langeliers with the bases loaded for the first run, Seth Brown hit a single to right that scored Brent Rooker for two of the first four runs for the A’s.

#4 The A’s got their next two runs on sacrifice flies Daz Cameron’s fly to right scored JJ Bleday and Zack Gelof’s fly to center scored Langeliers and that was enough runs for Oakland to win it.

#5 It’s off to Cincinnati and Great American Ballpark to face the Reds. The A’s on Tuesday will be starting Mitch Spence (7-9, ERA 4.67) the Reds have yet to announce a starter. The A’s are playing .500 ball having won five of their last ten. The Reds have lost seven of their last ten games.

Barbara Mason does the Oakland A’s podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s starter Joey Estes deals to the Milwaukee Brewers line up in the top of the first inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Aug 25, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Michael Roberson

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics (56-75) avoided being swept and doused with beer by the Milwaukee Brewers (75-55), with a gutsy 4-3 win on a delightful Sunday Afternoon.

Oakland had a different start in game three of the series, as opposed to one and two. The previous games the Athletics were up early and eventually lost the leads and games later in the contests.. Sunday they were behind early (2-0) in the second inning, then took the lead midway through the baseball battle.

Milwaukee got on the scoreboard first this time, with a two-run homer by catcher Gary Sanchez, also scoring right fielder Sal Frelick. Top of the second inning, the Brew Crew was up 2-0 and in a different position than the initial two games.

Not only were they leading by two, but former Oakland pitcher (2017 – 2022) Frankie Montas was dealing a perfect game through three full innings, with four strikeouts and only one ball hit out of the infield. That was a pop out to centerfield. He was dominating the first third of the game.

However, the bottom of the fourth turned out to be a nightmare during a Mid-Afternoon time frame. Right Fielder Lawrence Butler ended the no-hitter right away as the leadoff hitter of their half of the fourth, with a line drive to left field, Brent Rooker and JJ Bleday both followed with base hits to left and center respectively. At that point the previously unhittable pitcher was faced with a bases loaded, no outs dilemma.

The next four batters were responsible for the four runs in various manners. catcher Shea Langeliers was walked, forcing in a run ((Butler). First baseman Brent Rooker hit a single to right field, scoring Rooker. Daz Cameron’s sacrifice fly to right field plated the go-ahead run (Bleday), 3-2. Second baseman Zack Gelof also hit a sacrifice fly RBI, scoring Langliers for their fourth and final run.

“Frankie is a veteran pitcher; going through that, he’s a stud, he’s an ace pitcher.” Stated Athletics Manager, Mark Kotsay about Montas’ 4th inning. “That was a good decision on their {Brewers} part to let Frankie go through that; he only gave up those four runs and pitched the fifth and sixth shutout innings.”

Milwaukee responded in the top of the seventh inning with a solo home run by shortstop Willy Adames, and made it a one-run deficit, 4-3 Oakland. Unfortunately for the National League visitors, that was all they could muster, and lost the final game, but did win the series.

After nine innings, Oakland was the victor, 4-3, on the strength of the fourth inning. Montas took the loss, due to that same inning.

The A’s are next in action Tuesday, August 27, 6:40 PM EST in Cincinnati, to battle the National League Reds. Projected starters are Giants’ RHP Mitch Spence (7-9, 4.67) vs. TBA for the Reds.

The Brewers head back to Milwaukee to host the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, August 27, at 7:10 PM CST. Milwaukee’s RHP Tobias Myers ( 6-5, 2.87) vs. Giants’ RHP Logan Webb (11-8, 3.13)

Oakland A’s starter Joe Boyle delivers to the Milwaukee Brewers line up in the top of the first inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sat Aug 24, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Augie:

#1 In game two Saturday of this three game series the Milwaukee Brewers Jake Bauers homered and scored three times in a four run win to defeat the Oakland A’s 9-5 at the Oakland Coliseum.

#2 Willy Adames, Rhys Hoskins and Garrett Mitchell all had two hits each. The Brewers scored runs in four different innings.

#3 A’s starter Joey Boyle struggled and pitched five innings, allowing five hits and five earned runs. The Brewers just kept adding more runners on base and Boyle struggled to get outs.

#4 The A’s silver lining was when designated hitter Brent Rooker slugged his 30th home run of the season and got three RBIs.

#5 The A’s go at it again today to conclude this three game series at the Coliseum for the Brewers starting pitcher RHP Frankie Montas (6-8, ERA 4.57) and for the A’s RHP Joey Estes (5-6, 4.44). Augie what your take on the starters and what are the A’s chances of avoiding a sweep today?

Augie Mesenburg is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and is a reporter on 1080 KWAI Honolulu

Oakland A’s Daz Cameron (28) takes a swing against the Milwaukee Brewers at the Oakland Coliseum on Sat Aug 24, 2024 (Oakland A’s X photo)

By William Espy

OAKLAND–The Oakland A’s hosted the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon for the second game of the three-game series. After dropping the first game 11-3, the A’s desperately needed a stronger performance to get back on track. Unfortunately for the A’s they just couldn’t get tracked for the second game of the series dropping Saturday’s contest 9-5 in front of 12,769 fans at the Oakland Coliseum.

Joe Boyle started the game on the mound for the A’s, while Colin Rea got the nod for the Brewers, which marked the first start of his career against Oakland. Rea has played well so far in the 2024 season, as he came into the game with an 11-4 record.

Boyle had struggled so far this season, entering the night with a 3-5 record and an ERA of 6.21, but you wouldn’t be able to tell based on the opening inning, as it was three-up, three-down in just 1ten pitches. Center fielder JJ Bleday gave the A’s the lead in the bottom of the inning, with a two-out home run.

Willy Adames opened the second inning with a single to center, giving the Brewers their first hit of the game. The next batter, Jake Bauers would be walked putting runners on first and second with no outs. Rhys Hoskins would get a single, with a line drive right back up the middle that hit Boyle.

A fielder’s choice on a groundball from Garrett Mitchell would score the tying run and advance the other runners to scoring position. Blake Perkins would hit the ball to Max Schuemann at short, but the throw to first would be too late making it an RBI single, giving the Brewers a 2-1 lead.

The next batter, Joey Ortiz would draw a walk, once again loading the bases. Things had the potential to get out of hand very quickly for the A’s. Brice Turang would strike out, but Boyle would walk Jackson Chourio giving the Brewers a third run.

Contreras would ground out to short, allowing the A’s to stop the bleeding and get out of the inning. It quickly went from an A’s lead to a significant deficit. The A’s wouldn’t be able to get any offense going in their half of the inning, recording three straight outs.

Adames would draw the third walk of the game for the Brewers to start the top of the third. The next batter Bauers struck out, but Adames stole second base in the meantime. Hoskins and Mitchell would both strike out as well, getting the A’s out of the inning.

It took until the bottom of the fourth inning for the A’s to show more signs of life, as Brent Rooker got a leadoff double. It would be short-lived though, as that would be the only offense they’d get in the inning. In the top of the fifth, the Brewers would extend their lead with a two-run home run by Bauers that drove in Adames, making it 5-1. TJ McFarland would enter the game for the A’s to start the top of the sixth inning, ending Boyle’s night.

Rooker brought the A’s within two runs in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run blast of his own driving in Lawrence Butler, cutting the Brewer’s lead to 5-3. McFarland had a strong inning, but he’d only get one as J.T. Ginn came in for the top of the seventh.

Zack Gelof got things going for the A’s in the bottom of the seventh with a single, which led to him stealing second. With two outs in the inning, Jared Koenig came into the game for Milwaukee ending Rea’s night. Daz Cameron pinch-hit for Butler and a two-out double drove in Gelof making it a one-run game.

They intentionally walked Rooker, bringing up Bleday. After Bleday was called for taking too long to enter the batters’ box, Mark Kotsay came out of the dugout to have some words with the home plate umpire. He’d strike out looking to end the inning and the Brewers maintained a one-run lead.

The Brewers got another run in the top of the eighth when a two-out blooper to the outfield dropped between Nevin and Andujar while Bauers was on second base, allowing him to score. After an intentional walk, Michel Otanez entered the game to face Joey Ortiz with a runner on first and second.

Ortiz would strike out to end the inning and the Brewers had a 6-4 lead. Joel Payamps took over on the mound for the bottom of the inning. He’d get through the 3-4-5 spots without any trouble, and the A’s would have one chance remaining to get back into the game.

A groundball to third allowed the Brewers to extend their lead when the throw home wasn’t in time and Brice Turang scored from third. Chourio would then go on to score on a passed ball, extending the lead to 8-4. A bloop single from Hoskins drove in Contreras making it 9-4 in favor of Milwaukee.

The A’s got a run on the board with a broken-bat single by Rooker which drove in Gelof from second base and advanced Cameron to third base. That would be all they could get going though, as they’d fall by a large margin for the second night in a row with the Brewers winning 9-5.

The Brewers and A’s conclude this series Sunday afternoon for a 1:07pm PT first pitch for the Brewers RHP Frankie Montas (6-8, ERA 4.57) for the A’s RHP Joey Estes (5-6, ERA 4.44).

Oakland A’s Lawrence Butler (4) grounds out to Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Aaron Civale in the top of the fourth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri Aug 23, 2024 (AP News photo)

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Friday, August 23, 2024

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–Just when you getting used to tight, low scoring games, JP Sears, 3-2, 1.57 in last four starts, took the mound for the departing Athletics, got blown out after lasting a mere 3-2/3 innings, in a lopsided 11-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in this Thursday night’s first game of a three game series between the NL Central leading Brew Crew and an Athletic team hanging by the skin of its teeth to fourth place in the AL West.

In that short stint, Sears threw 90 pitches, 56 of them considered strikes. gave up seven runs, five of them earned, on nine hits, one of them a three run four bagger by Rhys Hoskins that put the visitors ahead 3-1 in the top of the second.

That one run on the A’s side of the ledger had come on Lawrence Butler’s leadoff homer in the first, a 401 foot blast to center, his 14th round tripper and 42nd RBI of the year. The. A’s managed to score only two more runs.

They came in the bottom of the fourth, matching the two tallies Milwaukee had put up in the top of the frame. The Athletics’ offensive swan song came on back to back singles by Sean Langeliers and Seth Brown, walks to Zack Gelof, and a ground out by Butler.

He and Brown got the RBIs. Sears took the loss, which left his season’s record at 10-9, 4.35). The A’s sent two more hurlers to the mound. Ross Stripling staunched the flow of Brewers crossing the plate, holding the 16 batters he faced to two hits and another pair of free passes while striking out four in his 5-1/3 innings on the mound.

This was his second relief appearance of the year, and it gave him a total of six innings in that role this year, in which he has allowed but one opponent to score. You couldn’t really say that Dany Jiménez relieved Stripling, but he did follow him to face the visitors in the top of the ninth. His 32 pitch effort allowed four more of Milwaukee’s maulers to cross the plate.

It wasn’t as if the Brewers’ starter, Aaron Civale, outpitched Sears. The 29 year old righty who makes his home in Boston last only a third of an inning longer than Sears. 20 A’s hitter for four runs, three earned, on four hits, including Butler’s wasted home run.

Four Athletics reached on walks, against three who struck out. Civale threw 82 pitches; 50 went into the book as strikes. In spite of his escape with a no decision, Chivale’s earned run average rose to 4.84. That figure incorporated his 5.07 ERA earlier in the season with Tampa Bay.

Back to back homers by Rhys Hoskins, who had been suffering through an 0-21 draught before Friday night and Joey Ortiz sparked the Brewers’ five run second inning that basically put the game on ice.

Bryan Hudson (6-1, 1.87) got the win for the Brewers with two perfect innings. Joel Payamps, Trevor Megill, and Joe Ross shut out the A’s in an inning apiece, with Ross allowing the only baserunner, Seth Brown, who singled to right center to lead off the ninth.

Saturday, Joe Boyle (3-5, 6.21), who was hot in his last outing, will try to cool down the beer meisters, who will send Colin Rea (11-4, 3.52) to the mound against them. First pitch 1:07pm PT at the Coliseum.