The A’s lost on Latin and Hispanic Heritage Night, falling to the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on a cool evening at the Coliseum.
The A’s probably weren’t expecting such a great start from an emergency option but that’s what they got as a middle reliever tossed five hitless innings while the bullpen was almost as dominant until the final arm let the game go with a disastrous ninth inning.
After scheduled starter James Kaprielian was scratched pregame due to a cut on his right middle finger, reliever Austin Pruitt was called upon to start what would now be a bullpen game.