Live Coverage for Oakland Athletics Opening Night
By jbenitez
We here at Swingin’ A’s are keeping you covered inning by inning for today’s game, with thoughts on how it’s going as well. Feel free to comment and start a discussion, this is a site for A’s fans by A’s fans. Here is your live coverage for opening night.
top of the 1st
Nyjer Morgan walks
Nick Swisher walks
Jason Kipnis strikes out swinging
Carlos Santana Grounds into a force out
Michael Brantley Grounds out
So this was a really tough inning for Gray. He went through 29 pitches, of which only 13 were strikes. Let’s hope Gray can pull things together next inning and get on track. Hopefully he can recover and at least give us 6 innings.
bottom of the 1st
Coco Crisp lines out
Josh Donaldson grounds out
Jed Lowrie flies out
So our offense is off to a slow start, getting three outs in only 9 pitches. Let’s hope they wake those bats up!!
top of the 2nd
Ryan Raburn grounds out
Asdrubal Cabrera Singles
David Murphy called out on strikes
Yan Gomes strikes out swinging
so Gray is racking up strike outs early, but he’s already at 48 pitches in 2 innings. He is still struggling, and it’s not looking like he’ll make it past 5 innings at this rate.
bottom of the 2nd
Brandon Moss grounds out
Yoenis Cespedes Strikes out
John Jaso doubles!
Josh Reddick flies out
So our offense is not heating up yet, and it’s already becoming a frustrating game. Masterson only has 24 pitches.
top of the 3rd
Nyjer Morgan grounds out
Nick Swisher pops out
Jason Kipnis strikes out swinging
So it’s looking like Gray is getting on track, with his first three up three down inning in only 11 pitches. Let’s Go Oakland!!
bottom of the 3rd
Daric Barton pops out
Eric Sogard grounds out
Coco Crisp singles
Josh Donaldson grounds out
So the offense is waking up a little bit. Sogard had an 8 pitch at bat that really helps. Masterson at 41 pitches.
top of the 4th
Carlos Santana walks
Michael Brantley doubles
Ryan Raburn strikes out swinging
Asdrubal Cabrera reaches on fielders choice, Carlos Santana out at home
David Murphy grounds out
So another tough inning for the Sonny Gray, who is now at 79 pitches after 4 innings. Looks like he may only go 5, unless he really does good in the 5th and stays under 90 pitches.
bottom of the 4th
Jed Lowrie grounds out
Brandon Moss grounds out
Yoenis Cespedes pops out
So another frustrating inning. Right now the offense is looking pretty dead, and if we want to win this they need to hurry up and wake those bats up.
top of the 5th inning
Yan Gomes singles
Nyjer Morgan out on sacrifice bunt
Nick Swisher out on strikes
Jason Kipnis grounds out
So Sonny Gray is at 90 pitches exactly, he may be out in the 6th but probably won’t finish it. We’re still at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the 5th.
bottom of the 5th
John Jaso strikes out
Josh Reddick grounds out
Daric Barton flies out
C’mon Oakland, you can do better than this! Let’s get that win!!
Top of the 6th
Carlos Santana pops out
Michael Brantley doubles
Ryan Raburn singles, Michael Brantley to 3rd
Asdrubal Cabrera reaches on a fielder’s choice, Michael Brantley out at home
Indians challenge the play at home, first challenge of the season for an Athletics game folks!
Challenge fails, the call stands.
David Murphy strikes out swinging
Sonny gray went 6 innings, and is likely done. 6 rocky but shut down innings.
bottom of the 6th
Eric Sogard walks
Coco Crisp out on a sacrifice bunt, Sogard to second
Donaldson singles, Sogard to 3rd
Jed Lowrie grounds out
Brandon Moss flies out
So Masterson is doing a good job of keeping the Athletics quiet, but he’s at 80 pitches through 6 innings, so he will likely make it 7 innings pitched, if the A’s can drive the pitch count up, maybe they can win against the bullpen.
top of the 7th
pitching change: Luke Gregerson replaces Sonny Gray
Yan Gomes strikes out swinging
Nyjer Morgan flies out
Nick Swisher strikes out swinging
Gregerson does outstanding! 9 pitches, each out in 3 pitches. He may go into the 8th inning as well with such a great performance.
bottom of the 7th
Yoenis Cespedeslines out
John Jaso strikes out swinging
We may go into extra innings!
top of the 8th
Sean Doolittle replaces Luke Gregerson
Jason Kipnis singles
Carlos Santana flies out
Michael Brantley strikes out
Ryan Raburn strikes out swinging
Doolittle also does well in his debut. It’s looking like this one is going to have to be a walk off if we don’t score in the 8th!
bottom of the 8th
Marc Rzepczynski replaces Justin Masterson
Daric Barton singles
Nick Punto replaces Eric Sogard
Nick Punto flies out
pitching change: Cody allen replaces Marc Rzepczynski
With Coco Crisp batting, wild pitch by Cody Allen, Barton to second
Coco Crisp walks
Josh Donaldson singles, Barton over to third, Coco Crisp to 2nd
Jed Lowrie strikes swinging
Brandon Moss grounds out.
A wasted opportunity, 1 out with the bases loaded and they couldn’t bring the runners in.
Top of the 9th
pitching change: Jim Johnson replaces Sean Doolittle
Asdrubal Cabrera walks
David Murphy singles, Asdrubal to 3rd
Yan Gomes hit by pitch
Nyler Morgan out on a sac fly, Asdrubal Cabrera scores. 1-0 Indians
Nick Swisher singles, David Murphy scores. 2-0 Indians
Jason Kipnis strikes out swinging
Carlos Santana grounds into a force out
Bottom of the 9th
Yoenis Cespedes flies out
John Jaso walks
Josh Reddick strikes out swinging
Daric Barton walks
Nick Punto strikes out swinging
So the Athletics lose, in a very disappointing way.