We’ve seen too much of the above this season.Jharel Cotton and the somehow-still-here Josh Smith combined to give up 8 runs, while the only run the A’s managed was on a balk. Not much else to this one.
2nd inning. Yonder Alonso smoked the first pitch he saw for a single. Chad Pinder got hit by a pitch and Matt Joyce worked a fantastic 12-pitch at-bat and eventually singled to right field to load the bases with 1 out - Stanton's arm was too strong and Alonso was too slow for Chip Hale to send him home. Josh Phegley struck out predictably on a slider down and away and Jharel Cotton came up to bat representing the third out of the inning - the first at-bat by an A's pitcher this season.…
