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The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians today with a final score of 7-2. The A’s sixth straight win completed a three game series sweep and brought the team back to a .500 record with 25 games in both the win and loss columns for the season. Frankie Montas delivered another gem, holding the Indians scoreless over six innings. Meanwhile, the A’s offense, led by another juggernaut performance from catcher Nick Hundley, notched seven runs on 13 hits.

A’s are up 7-0 at the seventh inning stretch! Can we hang on? Will Rodney make an appearance? We’ll find out soon enough!

Following an ice cold, 5-12 slump that began at Rogers Centre last month, the A’s (24-25) are suddenly burning up the pavement and gunning for a series sweep against a solid team: AL Central contenders, the Cleveland Indians (25-22). This morning, your breakfast biscuit includes baseball and we should feel pretty confident that today’s starter for the A’s will bring plenty of juice.

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: A’s win again at Cleveland but lose Khris Davis to hip injury...
• Gallegos: Profar’s late homer helps ensure A’s win...
• McWilliams: The A’s offense will face an imposing test with slugger Khris Davis likely heading to the injured list... ($)
• Tefertiller: Jorge Mateo Starting To Translate Tools Into Results... ($)
• Recap: The Athletic Q&A with A’s closer Blake Treinen on Tuesday, May 21... ($)
• Slusser: Stephen... Читать дальше...

Both teams were very patient tonight, as the batters took their time and saw more than their fair share of pitches. Up until the late innings of the game pitchers were throwing into lots of full counts, and both teams handed out a combined 11 walks. The A’s were able to keep the long ball going as Canha and Profar went deep.

The Athletics are still holding onto the lead, though Chris Bassitt is out of the game.

It was his first appearance since fall of 2016.

When the Oakland A’s acquired pitcher James Kaprielian in the 2017 Sonny Gray trade, he represented a big gamble. The right-hander was already in the midst of losing a second straight season to injury, and more than two years after being a 1st-round draft pick he’d only thrown 29⅓ innings in the pros. His ceiling was high because of the stuff he’d shown before his injury, but at some point he would need to actually pitch in order to reach it. Читать дальше...

Chris Bassitt is locked in. Though the 5 starts he has had with Oakland this season since returning from the injury, Bassitt has already matched his career high bWAR for the season at 1.1. The previous high was based off of 13 starts in 18 appearances in 2015, but what Chris has managed to do in the 32.2 innings pitched in 2019 has been enough to lock him into a spot in the rotation.