The Athletics went for the series win this morning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. After splitting the first two games. Jeffrey Springs took the mound for the A’s against Gavin Williams for the Guardians. But it was not meant to be.
It didn’t take long, only three pitches, for the Guardians to jump out to a 1-0 lead. Angel Martínez doubled on the second pitch of the inning and then David Fry singled on the first pitch he saw to score Martínez. Carlos Santana singled, moving Fry to second. But Springs kept Johnathan Rodríguez off balance his entire at-bat and got him looking to end the inning.