Category Texas Rangers
The Athletics opened the 2016 at home against the Texas Rangers and ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw. Oakland’s number one, Jose Quintana did himself and the A’s no favors by starting off slowly. Quintana allowed an opening double to Jurickson Profar and walk to Jesus Montero. Both were eventually driven in by single from Jonathan Singleton and Nick Castellanos respectively. The Rangers were able to add another run in the third inning from a Manny Machado single, a wild pitch from Quintana and anothet single from Singleton. While the Rangers were getting the runs the A’s new look lineup struggled. Through the first 4 innings the A’s were only able to manage two base runners, Kendrys Morales reached in the first on a hit by pitch and a bunt for a hit by Jemile Weeks in the third...
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Why don’t we keep this short and simple. To win you need pitching and my team quite simply has not pitched well at all. Cosart, Ogando, and Rosenthal were huge disappointments which led to 2 of them being replaced and moved into the ‘pen. The Rotation should be, dare I say terrific, during the 2nd half of the season with Kershaw, Bumgarner, Darvish, and the lone pitching star of the first half Neftali Feliz now manning most of the team’s starts.
On offense, the team has excelled led by perhaps the best players in the leagues at their respective positions in Jesus Montero and Jurickson Profar. The team has also received solid performances from Justin Morneau, Mitch Moreland and Ryan Gennett.
The team is heading into the All-Star break 10GB out of a playoff spot and in dire need of a hot st...
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