The Athletics will return to the Coliseum this weekend having mentioned goodbye to veterans Stephen Piscotty and Elvis Andrus in addition to a modest two-game win streak.
Zach Logue gave up seven runs in 4 1/3 innings Thursday in a getaway day 10-3 loss to the Texas Rangers, concluding a 2-5 street journey that included the discharge of two veteran gamers who had been unlikely to be again in no matter kind the A’s roster takes in 2023. The A’s fell to 43-78 with 14 losses of their final 17 video games as Texas improved to 53-65.
The street journey additionally included the information that All-Star right-handed starter Paul Blackburn will miss the rest of the season with the tear of a flexor tendon sheath on his throwing hand. Infielder Jed Lowrie was launched simply earlier than the street journey started on Aug. 10.
“That’s a part of this course of, a part of being right here and the place we’re at as a company,” Athletics supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned. “I assumed we battled. We bought two video games, we cut up the sequence, which is a optimistic for me with what this group has been by the previous few weeks.”
Mike Mathias hit his second house run for Texas, with Nathaniel Lowe including a three-run shot within the fifth, his seventeenth. Sheldon Neuse hit his fourth house run of the season for the A’s within the fourth inning.
Logue (2-7), recalled from Las Vegas for the sixth time, has given up 9 house runs in 45 1/3 innings with the massive membership this season. Domingo Tapia and Austin Pruitt completed up, as Texas recorded 10 hits with six walks and two hit batters in opposition to A’s pitching.
Dane Dunning (3-6) was the profitable pitcher for Texas, giving up 4 hits and two runs with three walks and 4 strikeouts in six innings. Brett Martin, Matt Moore and Jose Leclerc every pitched an inning of reduction for the Rangers.
Texas scored twice within the second off Logue on a single from Jonah Heim and a two-out solo house run by Mathias.
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Neuse tied it within the fourth on a two-run house run, which introduced house Seth Brown, who doubled off Dunning with one out.
Logue had a regrettable starting to the fourth when he hit Lowe on the bottom with a 3-2 pitch after which walked Adolis García. Predictably, each scored, with Lowe scoring on Heim’s single and Garcia on a sacrifice fly by Leody Tavares.
The Rangers chased Logue within the fifth when Lowe hit a three-run house run for a 7-2 lead.
“Limiting free passes and never getting the leadoff man out had been two issues I didn’t do as we speak,” Logue mentioned. “It’s going to be robust to place up zeroes that manner and that was form of the case as we speak.”
Logue first walked Semien, with Corey Seager following with a single to middle. It chased Semien to 3rd, with Vimael Machin coming off the bag and lacking a chance to transform a robust throw by Cal Stevenson into the second out. Seager took second, and Lowe adopted with a house run to proper middle.
“Type of erratic. Not nice command,” Kotsay mentioned. “There wasn’t loads of swing and miss and in the end the 2 house runs bought him on balls up within the zone. He battled, nevertheless it wasn’t his day.”
‘NOTABLE
— The A’s fell to 7-10 in opposition to Texas, dropping the season sequence in opposition to the Rangers for the primary time since 2016 once they had been 9-10.
— In his first recreation as a catcher after being the designated hitter for 2 video games, Shea Langeliers confirmed his defensive prowess twice within the first two innings. First, after Marcus Semien walked to guide off the sport, Langeliers reduce him down on a steal try with an ideal throw to the bag.
Within the second inning, Langeliers retrieved a wild pitch by Logue off the backstop and flipped the ball to Logue on the plate in time to get a sliding Heim.
Langeliers additionally doubled within the seventh inning and later scored on a wild pitch.
“The caught stealing, we’re used to seeing that round right here with Murph (Sean Murphy),” Kotsay mentioned. “Clearly it was good for him to get his first caught stealing.”
— Relating to Andrus signing with the Chicago White Sox, Kotsay mentioned, “I feel guys are conscious Andrus signed with the White Sox in order that they had been glad for him. It wasn’t all a downer, and the fellows in that room know that we’re constructing for the long run and we’re going to provide them a chance to exit and play and make a press release.”
— The Athletics start a 10-game homestand Friday night time at 6:40 in opposition to the Seattle Mariners with Cole Irvin (6-10, 3.13) opposing Marco Gonzalez (7-12, 4.18).
After a three-game sequence with the Mariners, the A’s have three in opposition to the Miami Marlins and 4 video games in opposition to the New York Yankees.