OAKLAND – A’s left-hander Ken Waldichuk had a reasonably stable outing Wednesday in his first profession begin on the Coliseum – except two loud at-bats by the Atlanta Braves.
Waldichuk allowed a two-run homer to Vaughn Grissom within the fifth inning and a solo homer to Dansby Swanson within the sixth, because the A’s couldn’t decelerate the Braves in a 7-3 loss earlier than an introduced crowd of 5,332 on the Coliseum.
The A’s managed simply three hits, together with two after the primary inning, as they have been swept by the defending World Collection champion Braves and outscored 17-12 within the two-game sequence.
Stephen Vogt and Ramón Laureano each had RBIs within the first inning once they drew three walks and made Braves starter Spencer Strider throw 36 pitches. Strider, although, settled down and had 9 strikeouts on 103 pitches over six innings, as he improved to 10-4 on the season.
The Braves blew the sport open with 4 runs within the prime of the seventh. A type of runs was charged to Fremont native Tyler Cyr, who changed Waldichuk after the Swanson homer.
Kirby Snead changed Cyr with one out and one on within the seventh and gave up singles to Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna earlier than Robbie Grossman ripped a two-RBI double to proper subject to present the Braves a 6-2 lead.
In all, the A’s bullpen allowed seven hits and 4 runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Waldichuk allowed three hits and struck out two in 5⅓ innings as he took his first profession MLB loss. In his massive league debut on Sept. 1 in Washington, Waldichuk allowed 5 hits and had six strikeouts over 4⅔ innings.
A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned earlier than Wednesday’s recreation that it was going to be necessary for Waldichuk to command his fastball early.
“He’s a strikeout pitcher with some Velo, so he’s going to run a excessive pitch depend. You’ll see some foul balls, letting at-bats sort of proceed,” Kotsay mentioned. “That’s most likely an space of focus, simply getting some early comfortable contact, mixing his change-up in, which he used towards the tip of his final outing.”
Seth Brown hit a 433-foot residence run to middle subject within the seventh inning, his fourth homer within the final three video games.
BOLT’S REHAB: Outfielder Skye Bolt, on the injured listing since Aug. 26 with a proper knee patella subluxation, begins his rehab project Wednesday evening with Triple-A Las Vegas. Kotsay mentioned Bolt is slated to play seven innings Wednesday and once more on Thursday if he feels OK.
Bolt was initially damage on Aug. 25 when he was hit by a pitch from New York Yankees reliever Greg Weissert, who was making his MLB debut.
KEMP OUT: The A’s rested Tony Kemp on Wednesday with a minor lower-body damage. Kotsay mentioned Kemp felt tightness in his groin after Tuesday’s recreation and is taken into account day-to-day for now. Kemp went 1-for-3 with two runs and a stroll within the A’s 10-9 loss to the Braves on Tuesday.
