To say A’s starting pitcher Paul Blackburn had a bad game against the Dodgers on Tuesday afternoon would be sugar-coating what must have been a horrifying game for the starting rotation hopeful.
It began with his third pitch, which the Dodgers’ Chris Taylor took deep to left for a leadoff home run. Things didn’t seem so bad when Blackburn struck out Corey Seager, who was batting second for the first out of the inning, but unfortunately things only went south for Blackburn.
With one out in the first, Blackburn then issued walks to the next two batters, Cody Bellinger and Matt Kemp.