Новости за 27.08.2019

Peter G. Aiken

The former 19th-round pick made his MLB debut Monday.

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Oakland is getting some key contributors back, sort of.

Fun with numbers. This is an attempt to even out the playing field on team leading stats, as some players bat lower in the lineup than others, with the leadoff man having more chances at Runs and cleanup hitter having more chances at RBI's, and most players have had different amounts of time off. I kind of had to rationalize whether to go with PA or AB. I chose AB, because when you walk with the bases loaded, you get an RBI and can also get a Run without an AB. So, I didn't feel that those AB's... Читать дальше...

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A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Chapman’s 30th homer makes A’s history in rout...
• Slusser: Marcus Semien, Mark Canha star as A’s pummel KC; nice debut for Seth Brown... ($)
• Slusser: A.J. Puk, Homer Bailey get in solid work in A’s blowout win... ($)
• Lombardi: When two position players pitch - The A’s hammer the Royals 19-4, their biggest offensive explosion of 2019... ($$$)
• Poindexter: A’s week in review - Zooming... Читать дальше...

Peter G. Aiken

A lopsided win was pretty easy for the A’s, as they exploded early with 10 runs in the first 3 innings. Keeping their pace the A’s continued to add on at least one run in every subsequent inning, finishing it off 19-4. Every Athletic that started in the lineup accounted for at least one hit and one run, and Semien, Chapman, Profar, and Davis all hit homers to add to the rout.

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Well this is certainly looking a bit one-sided, eh?

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The Royals were kind enough to gift the first couple runs to the A’s, but Marcus was the one to really take care of things with a bases-clearing triple. While the Royals got a couple back off a lucky homer, the Athletics exploded again in the third, already tacking on another 5 runs.

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We’ve got A’s at the K, as the Athletics start a 4 game road series against the Royals.