Fresh off a series win the A’s continue their road trip by heading down south to sunny Florida, ready to take on the Miami Marlins for a quick three-game weekend series. Sounds like fun!
The Marlins enter this contest losers of five straight. Hoping to make that six in a row the A’s will give young right-hander Gunnar Hoglund the ball tonight for his first career major league appearance. Hoglund has been on a roll in Triple-A and the team is desperate for someone to claim the fifth starter’s spot in the rotation. Hoglund will get the next crack at earning the job.