Approaching the halfway point of the season, Oakland tries to get to an even 50 wins.
Sonny Gray back from a long rest to face Nathan Eovaldi.
Covelli, John, Yoenis, Brandon, Joshua, Jed, William (Joshua R.), Alberto, Sonny
Approaching the halfway point of the season, Oakland tries to get to an even 50 wins.
Sonny Gray back from a long rest to face Nathan Eovaldi.
Covelli, John, Yoenis, Brandon, Joshua, Jed, William (Joshua R.), Alberto, Sonny
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not a bad start.
keep it up.
was this something that we knew?
Yes. But then Blanks got hurt.
I know I wanted it, I didn’t know it was what the A’s were going to do and it was public knowledge
There was talk. That’s all I remember. And it wasn’t just us.
Road Grays for only the 7th time this season, and 1st time with their namesake pitcher on the mound.
this one probably isn’t going to shootouts.
you’re right. there will be.
and you know, there comes a point when it wouldn’t be such a bad idea after all.
Hit him in the ribs next time if he wants to lean into one so badly.
wait, Coco leading off? is it the first?
meanwhile, back in miami, we need an out.
8th battter up 1st and third one out
of course he hits a single.
hitting 188
4-1
outs please
oh fuck
they were giving us outs
wtf Sonny
That was a nice change-up. Too bad it was to the first baseman.
wtf?
Pitching has been so shaky the last few games.
just get out of this, sonny
there needs to be an out.
I barely care if the a run scores
yay.
I don’t like IBBs.
But this isn’t terrible
Yeah, I’m ok with this one.
That worked, especially when the guy after the IBB hacks away at the first pitch.
Santa Cruz’s Casey MCGehee
DAMMIT DON’T REMIND US OF THE HANLEY TRADE
OK, Sonny. Outs this time. three of them. in a row. to begin the inning.
Jaso? Jaso? Jaso?
I mean reddick?
now, if we can get placido palanco out
ok. 49 through 3. that’s OK. keep it up sonny.
Would’ve been 1-2-3 inning if we had a shortstop.
Would like some higher pitch counts for Eovaldi. Marlins bullpen is in tatters.
Runs would be acceptable too.
less injured A’s would be nice
damnit A’s
Ow.
I’m gonna guess Schlong hurt himself on that throw home. Then this asshole kneecaps Vogt.
mother trucker
Oh, fuck, national league
The time off has not helped Sonny.
I know let’s baby the starters and give them ten days between starts!! It worked so well with Parker & Griffin last year, after all.
Well, at least he kept him in the yard.
double play. please
This is disgusting.
New plan: no more 4 run leads.
That makes it our turn to score a bunch of runs again, right?
So it appears.
nope. pop ups.
even though they were giving us a run
put it in play brandon
I guess that’s sort of like putting it in play.
coco.
COCO!
COCO!
how is that scored? sb? fc?
Miami broadcasters say FC, RBI
Horseshit, blue.
It’s like he’s angry that the A’s scored on a strikeout, so he decided to end the inning no matter what.
I don’t often say words out loud about the game when I’m watching it myself. But I just uttered a good solid “what the fuck” at that strike three call. Did JD burn this umpire’s house down or something?
BY myself*
its the haircut
Sonny, this guy is hitting 200. pitch to him
fuckers
This zone is just fking terrible.
Yeah, suddenly it’s tightened up again for Sonny. What the fuck.
I see double play, if sonny can throw a strike
go ahead and walk the pitcher who is trying to give you an out.
NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL IS SO EXCITING
I am starting to tire of the NL. I give them 10 years
Yeah, it can’t be long before the NL goes DH.
Sounds about right.
Right knee strain for Reddick.
Ben Zobrist makes so much sense for this team.
I fear tampa prices
Would you do Gentry for Zobrist?
that means cespedes back up center?
Sure, i guess
I mean it’s gonna cost us something.
yup.
Why would Tampa Bay want Gentry? He’s a solid player, but just two more years of club control.
They can’t ask for too much with Zobrist having a down year.
In the shorter term, with a lefty starting tomorrow, Free Nate Freiman.
can he get there? he’d have to leave now
PHing Sogard for Gray doesn’t seem like a worthwhile endeavor.
why not milone
Gray was probably done anyway. I wouldn’t want him facing Stanton for a 4th time.
Or just let Gray bat, then pull him.
Thanks for swinging at ball four Keebs.
playa is what playa is.
Miami broadcasters: “Oakland is not a good pinch-hitting team.”
Actual figures: A’s pinch-hitters are batting .275/.400/.464, 15 RBI, 1.40 BB/K, .383 wOBA, 151 WRC+
It’s easy to say that when the A’s send up Keebs.
I’m just saying, if A’s pinch-hitters were one guy, we’d be happy to have him.
He’d be in the starting line up instead of Keebs & Punto.
A’s catching a break here. No idea why they’re IBBing Moss instead of bringing in a lefty to face him.
Donaldson scuffling.
Didn’t work out there but as the A’s, I’d take my chances with Donaldson vs. RHP > 100 pitches over Moss vs. lefty.
Yeah, probably. But you know how NL baseball can atrophy the mind of a manager.
Can’t believe that guy went 7 innings.
that was a crime
way to go fernando.
Runs please.
Lubble!
Jedubble!
There’s the Jed we remember.
Jed!
I irrationally think Vogt is a great hitter
I rationally think he should stop trying to bunt since they’re trying to give him a walk.
that is not irrational
I would’ve preferred the Gentry PH.
yeah, but national league
STRAGEGERY!
callaspo’s a spy. don’t need to use the gent’eral yet.
You sunk my battleship.
GAK! vince, if you take that tone I think the ball is popped in play
no activity for the marlins.
gentry will face the lefty
WE HAVE TO SCORE HERE
Good thing Callaspo swung at a ball that was going to hit him.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Well, what BFN says happens
I HAVE TO BE GIVEN A MILLION DOLLARS BY A STRANGER
can i have $5?
CALLASPO GITS IT DUNN!
CALYPSO!
woe is me.
if he was faster he’d be named skallaspo.
Alberto Callaspo is the slowest person who ever lived.
And yet I’m surprised by just how slow he is, every time.
Seriously. That one was truly breathtaking. Like there is literally no way that happened. He took longer to get to second than the USS Voyager took to get back from the Delta Quadrant.
love the trek reference
And much like Voyager, Callaspo’s running is usually a disappointment.
Which is too bad, now that we know from Orange that she could act all along.
so. slow.
oh thak god
Holy shit, what a stupid decision.
Replay actually shows him getting a hand in before Lowrie tags him. If they’d challenged, I think the call would have been overturned.
I think I read somewhere that Redmond has teh least amount of challenges
and now this
he didn’t get the flow chart.
Damnit. He’s out.
what’s taking so long? are they trying to place the runner?
Are they gonna call the angels game, or just have an 8 hour delay
Conine is flipping out over how long this review is taking. He is literally yelling. “CALL ME OLD SCHOOL! IT’S RUINING THE PACE OF GAMES! MELVIN KNOWS IT, CESPEDES KNOWS IT, WHY DON’T THEY KNOW IT IN NEW YORK!”
“WHAT TOOK SO LONG”
“ridiculous.”
he was a hoot.
Addendum: It’s Tommy Hutton, not Conine.
If your closer is your best reliever, yeah, probably go ahead and do that.
And then Jerome Williams gives up 3 in the 9th.
I heard a bit ago on the tv broadcast that Frankie Menechino is the Marlins’ hitting coach. Hunh.
He’s teaching Stanton how to have a career ISO of .143
God I hope not. #fantasy
#Don’tCare
kept him in the park.
Lets get this guy Sean
sonofa…
I hate santa cruz’s own Casey McGehee
teeheehee.
yeah he sucks.
I blame James V.
I just saw this.
ugh
fuuuuuuck
come on, doo.
He diid.
Nick Punto reaches base. That has to be a harbinger of runs to come, right?
Good thing Doolittle pitched last night in a 4 run game.
Meh. He had time off and he had already gotten warm.
Warming up and not pitching is still better than warming up and pitching. BoMel does not agree with that logic and it’s lead to Doolittle, Otero, and Gregerson pitching in blowout games numerous times. Which means they’re tired or unavailable for actual high leverage innings like today.
This strike zone is not shaped like anything which occurs in the natural world.
amoebae everywhere are sad.
Pitches just above the knees and exactly down the middle are balls, while ones at about the same height but six inches outside are strikes.
win it again coco.
If your long man is so shitty that you won’t even use him in an extra innings game, then he isn’t worth the roster spot.
The other problem is that there’s two shitty long men.
Who’s the second one? Johnson is a shitty short man.
Call them whatever you want. Johnson and Francis both pitch in the same type of situations.
The A’s have to fix this.
Is he really that shitty though? His FIP and xFIP are solidly middle of the pack compared to A’s pitchers. K/BB is decent. I don’t see how he can really be called shitty.
WE HAVE TO SCORE HERE (duplicate comment)
FOCK
damn.
Baker bunting is just plain dumb.
Wow.
I would HATE it if the A’s were in the National League.
Seriously.
OterOMG
Seriously.
6 A’s runs please, since pretty soon we’re going to have to use JimmyJeff.
This is the guy to do it against.
I say leave Otero in to hit. Even though he won’t pitch next inning, no reason to waste your last position player.
Maybe if there’s a runner at third and one out. I could see doing it then.
We’ve already used our last guy. Norris isn’t available.
urggg.
What the fuck? Donaldson makes it to second if he doesn’t stop for some reason.
And Tommy Milone makes better contact than Nick Punto.
Well this should be over quickly.
Well, this game is over
You guys owe someone an apology.
Jim Johnson: 2 IP, 4 Ks, 1 BB, 1 H, 0 R
A pretty good outing. Too bad he hasn’t won the game for us.
this. fucking. umpire.
Fortunately, there’s no accountability whatsoever.
Marlins broadcasters now wondering what “chalant” means, since it would be the opposite of “nonchalant.” Not so smart down in Miami.
caliente.
ZOMG WHY AM I WATCHING THIS THE RED SOX ARE TIED WITH THE YANKEES OMG OMG OMG
that’s going to penalties. watch.
This umpire does not deserve the job he has.
Meh. No umpire should be calling balls and strikes. Remove that from their job and they do a pretty good job. Especially with replay.
This guy’s even worse than the usual.
Strike one to Johnson was ball three to Barisnick.
BABIP’d
common jimmy jay jay john johnson. come on.
Jim Johnson for MVP.
ok, this inning.
YAAAAAAAAAAAA
What the fuck are you swinging at Cespedes.
cool.
The lead!
Is JJ pitching the 14th?
They just showed JF warming.
the florida announcers called it and it makes perfect sense to them. i don’t get this stuff at all.
oh they said francis was pitching.
Josh, what were you doing stealing?
Honestly, the Marlins probably should’ve IBB’d Lowrie anyways.
Every time I see “Miccosukee”, I’m thinking “Nicosuckee”.
We should go to the next AN Day at the Coliseum and pee on his food.
I am willing to participate in this activity.
Someone should eat a lot of asparagus and someone else should drink less than normal.
Then we’d have green and gold pee.
Go A’s!
Can this entire exchange be taglined somehow?
Whyyyyyyyyyyyy is JJ still pitching.
Lowrie’s sloooooooooowness costs us the DP there. Took way too long to get to the bag.
we are experiencing whammy-like conditions.
bomel senses it too. it may be too late. whammy may already be triggered and counting down. cut the red wire bomel!
no the blue!
This game is just terrible.
It got better.
all’s win that ends win.
I’m starting to feel sorry for Johnson.
And now, the only A’s pitcher who I trust less… in a situation that doesn’t seem likely to end in a K or double play.
And of course, a K.
Can Francis get one more out?
Hold on, are you quasi-shitting on Johnson after he went two scoreless innings with one walk, one hit, and four strikeouts, and then went several hitters into a third inning, despite the fact that he is not a three-inning pitcher?
No, calm down.
I thought Johnson pitched well. It looked, a few minutes ago, like he was going to end up with a loss and he didn’t really do anything wrong.
7-2 DP to end it.
RING HIM UP
whammy averted! wooo!
Never a doubt.
Shitty long men for MVP!!!!
I still need an explanation for calling Francis shitty, given that his numbers are better than Milone’s. Milone may not be the gold standard for pitching excellence, but he ain’t shitty.
He has pitched nearly 1300 innings. His FIP may be just mediocre but the fact that his ERA is more than a half a run higher in that large of a sample size, we should place more stock in his ERA.
He has pitched for a long time, and hitters in his long career are .289/.342/.460 against him (just as terrible on the road if you want to blame Colorado). That is extremely shitty.
FRANCIS FOR CLOSER
Heh – in two pitches, the Marlins’ win expectancy went from 51.1% to zero.
Winexp chart for this game
Reflects my emotions accurately.
Interesting that the walk to Mathis actually lowers the Marlins’ WE.
I noticed that myself. But it makes sense in that the creation of a force at any base far outweighs the additional baserunner. Mathis represents a meaningless run.
It does mean that a walk drives in the winning run though. My guess is that with anything other than 1 out the walk is a net gain for the Marlins.
No, walk drives in the tying run.
Details, details.
The point still stands though … you gain the force, you lose the walk/hbp, and with 1 out you also gain the dp which probably tips the balance.
50-30 has a nice ring to it.
This whole season has a nice ring to it.
I was driving during the last inning. Roxy’s call was really good.
If Reddick’s knee is indeed cooked, I have but two words and those words are “Ben” and “Zobrist”.
that’s a 8 hour flight with the inevitable connection in Houston or atlanta.
means he is there at 8 am at the earliest for a 1 pm game.
have fun with the adrenaline Nate!
9pm non-stop from SFO gets in at 5:30am.
so drive for an hour and a half to sfo?
You’re thinking like a poor boy.
i think i’d like one too.
Son of John wins. Francis saves. Hell freezes.
I got to admit though, them Marlins is tough-fightin’ fishes.
JJ still got his negative WPA, so we’re not quite through the looking glass.
I am glad my phone suck and I did not watch that bottom of the 14th on At bat
lolgiants…
posey is still pretty good
Sergio “Oh no” Romo
How do the Gs not walk Aroldis “Assless” Chapman off there with 2nd & 3rd and no one out? Those 102 mph fastballs to Panda and Posey were so straight they got banned from the Gay Pride parade.
Hecotr sanchez, juaquin arias, duvall
is like punto, sogard and peterson
giants have a charter jet sponsor
By Pythagorean records, the A’s are now 20 games ahead of the Rangers.