Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Athletics shortstop Max Schuemann hits a broken bat single in the second inning against the Houston Astros Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.Even a Mason Miller sighting wasn’t enough to prevent the Athletics from losing for the eighth time in the last 10 games.
The A’s squandered an opportunity in the ninth but came up empty, setting the stage or Houston to win in the 10th. The Athletics tied the score 1-1 in the top of the eighth against Ryan Pressly, the fourth Houston reliever after starter Ronel Blanco was ejected. after umpires detected a foreign substance on his glove. Toro opened the eighth with a double and after moving to third on a grounder to first by Bleday Rooker singled in the tying run.
Having pitched only once in the previous 11 games, Miller was sent out for the ninth and had a 1-2-3 inning with two more strikeouts. He threw 29 pitches, 20 of them strikes. Although the roof at Minute Maid Park was closed, it was open throughout the night and conditions inside were humid enough that Sears had change jerseys before the game was three innings old because it was soaked with sweat.In Oakland A’s season of nostalgia, don’t forget about Khris Davis
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