The newest Oakland A's pitcher made his debut with the club on Friday night, and made one pretty big adjustment to his pitch mix.
On Thursday Brandon Bielak was traded from the Houston Astros to the Oakland A's. A few hours later, the 'Stros completed their four-game sweep of Oakland. On Friday, Bielak was officially added to the A's 26-man roster, with the team optioning left-hander Hogan Harris back to Triple-A.
All this is to say that with Bielak not having pitched since May 7, there was a good chance he would see some game action on Friday, and he did. The new right-hander went the final 2 2/3 innings to finish up the A's 6-2 loss in Kansas City, surrendering a two-run homer to Maikel Garcia. The pitch, a 93 mile per hour sinker, was up and in to Garcia, painted on the black of the plate. He still cranked it 398 feet over the left field wall.
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