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.
J.P. Sears gave the Athletics’ overworked bullpen a break Friday night, but offense was in short supply in a 4-2 road loss to the Atlanta Braves.
Atlanta right-hander Reynoldo Lopez shut down the Athletics for six innings before giving way to the bullpen. The A’s threatened in the eighth against Joe Jimenez when JJ Bleday walked and Brent Rooker singled, but Miguel Andujar flied to center, Seth Brown struck out for the fourth time in the game and then Kyle McCann was called out on strikes.
Lopez gave up four hits and struck out a season-high eight batters in six innings, dropping his season earned run average to 1.73. After throwing 87 pitches, 57 of them strikes, he gave way to Pierce Johnson in the seventh.
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