Новости за 28.08.2019

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Have a drink on us, San Diego.

Outfielder Nick Martini was claimed off waivers by the Padres, the Oakland A’s announced Wednesday. The A’s had designated him for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for fellow outfielder Seth Brown.

Oakland signed Martini prior to the 2018 season, and he made his MLB debut with the team that June just before his 28th birthday. He eventually earned regular playing time in the second half of the season and put up strong numbers in 55 games... Читать дальше...

When going down the home stretch, it is vitally important to make smart lineup moves as injured players are coming back. A's center fielder Ramon Laureano is expected to come back soon. Piscotty will probably be a month. I have hypothesized staring lineups that would make sense to the Oakland Athletics. This will include Laureano in his regular form, when he has mostly come back from his injury.

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Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

It was a much tamer night in Kansas City as the A’s only managed carry on their offensive onslaught from the previous game for the first two innings.

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The A’s are still holding onto a lead, though the Royals have caught up a bit. Hopefully the bullpen and the bats can finish off the win. Go A’s!

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The A’s have snuck a lead off of a bases loaded walk, and a high throw against a hustling catcher. They've had some good opportunities to blow up the Royals again, but have yet to really light the fuse. Here’s hoping things pick up! And of course, that’s not to mention a couple great defensive plays by Seth Brown, let’s have more of those too!

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The Royals got flushed.

The Oakland A’s beat the Kansas City Royals 19-4 on Monday. It was an enormous offensive showing, big enough to be worth a closer look. Here are the 19 best things about the onslaught.

1. Season high

The 19 runs were the most the A’s have scored in a game this season. Their next-highest came back in May, when they dropped 17 on the Tigers. It’s also tied for second in the entire majors this year, along with seven other instances. Читать дальше...

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After a lopsided win yesterday the Athletics are ready to pile on the runs again in Kansas City.