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FINAL |
10/1/2020 3:10 PM ET (197 DAYS AGO) |
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GAME PREVIEW
A's turn to Fiers for Game 3, White Sox are all hands on deckThe Chicago White Sox and host Oakland Athletics will play a deciding third game in their American League first-round playoff series Thursday afternoon. That much is known.What remained a mystery well after Wednesday's 5-3 Oakland win that squared the best-of-three series at 1-1 is which pitchers the White Sox and A's will send to the mound for the deciding game.A's manager Bob Melvin finally decided about two hours before the first pitch to run with Mike Fiers in Game 3.Fiers has gone 14-3 in Oakland since joining the A's during the 2018 season. The White Sox have won just 21 of 47 games started by opposing right-handers this year.The winner of Thursday's game moves on to face sixth-seeded Houston in a best-of-five AL Division Series starting Monday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Having put everything they had into trying to win Game 2, managers Rick Renteria of the White Sox and Melvin asked for additional time at their postgame news conference to consider their options for the win-and-advance showdown."We have a lot of analytics we look at," Melvin noted. "Based on what happened (in Game 1) and who's available and how we look at our bullpen, all of those things will factor in. So, this will be a discussion." Renteria has fewer choices. He left possible Game 3 starters Reynaldo Lopez and Gio Gonzalez off his 28-man roster, then opted to use five-game winner Dylan Cease in relief on Wednesday.That leaves right-hander Dane Dunning (2-0, 3.97 ERA) as the likely choice.A 25-year-old rookie, Dunning made seven starts in the regular season, striking out 35 in 34 innings. He has never faced the A's and was bombed in his two most recent starts, allowing nine runs (eight earned) and nine hits in a combined seven innings against Cleveland and the Chicago Cubs.Dunning would be facing a lineup that hasn't fired on all cylinders in the first two games in the series, even in scoring five runs in Wednesday's win. Second-seeded Oakland was gifted two runs on a two-out, two-run error in the first inning, then finished with just seven hits -- three fewer than the seventh-seeded White Sox.Oakland was completely shut down by righty Lucas Giolito in Game 1, held hitless until the seventh inning in a 4-1 loss.While the A's have faced five elimination games in the past eight seasons, including one Wednesday, the White Sox haven't had one since falling to Tampa Bay 6-2 in Game 4 of their American League Division Series in 2008."We all know what it means," White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal assured. "I'm pretty sure they're aware of what it means and what's going on. We've just got to come back (in Game 3) and it's do-or-die. Our season keeps on going or it stops (Thursday)." Melvin opted not to go with left-hander Sean Manaea (4-3, 4.50).The White Sox ran their record to 15-0 when facing lefty starters this season when they beat Oakland starter Jesus Luzardo in the series opener.Going with Fiers (6-3, 4.58) over Frankie Montas (3-5, 5.60) delays a bit of potential drama in the division series. Fiers was the whistleblower who prompted Major League Baseball to open an investigation of the Astros' sign-stealing scandal.Melvin and the Billy Beane-led A's braintrust had a similar decision to make in last year's AL wild-card game against Tampa Bay. They opted for Manaea, who served up four runs in two innings in a runaway, 5-1 loss.Fiers was the team's wins leader last year when he was passed over. He also was a candidate to start the AL wild-card game against the New York Yankees in 2018, a game in which the A's opted to go the "opener" route with Liam Hendriks.--Field Level Media
Game Preview from The Associated Press (AP).
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GAME RECAP
Pinder delivers timely hit, A's advance in playoffs at lastOAKLAND, Calif. Sure, most of these young Oakland Athletics might barely remember some of the gut-wrenching October losses over the past two decades.Two recent defeats were plenty fresh enough to motivate manager Bob Melvin's slugging, happy-go-lucky A's.Oakland finally ended 14 years of postseason futility, riding Chad Pinder's go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning and repeated costly walks by Chicago's relievers to rally past the White Sox 6-4 on Thursday and win the decisive third game of their AL wild-card round series.''Not everybody's been part of all that,'' Melvin said. ''We've had a couple of tough ones in the last two years.'' The AL West champions lost the opener, then won on consecutive days at home and advanced to a Division Series against the rival Houston Astros starting Monday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The winner of that matchup faces the New York Yankees or Tampa Bay for a spot in the World Series.Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer in the fourth against Codi Heuer as A's wives and families cheered from suites high above the diamond.Players held a subdued celebration afterward. No Champagne showers.''We're doing what we did all year, and that's following the protocols,'' Melvin said.Oakland stopped a nine-game losing streak in winner-take-all postseason games, a major league record that dated to the 1973 World Series. The A's had lost six straight playoff series since sweeping Minnesota in the 2006 Division Series, starting with when Detroit swept Oakland in that year's Championship Series.And what a humongous relief for a club that won 97 games each of the past two seasons only to lose the division to Houston and then the AL wild card game both years.This one was never comfortable - even after Chicago lost designated hitter Eloy Jimenez and reliever Garrett Crochet to early injuries.''I woke up this morning feeling like this was going to be a hard game and it was a hard game,'' Melvin said. ''... It took everybody today.'' Lou Trivino allowed the first two batters to reach in the seventh, hitting James McCann with a pitch. First baseman Matt Olson ran 98 feet to make a magnificent catch in foul territory for the second out, then Jake Diekman relieved and loaded the bases with a walk to Nomar Mazara before getting Adam Engel's groundout.Opening day starter in July, Frankie Montas, pitched two innings for the win. Liam Hendriks gave up McCann's leadoff single in the ninth and closed out the game, a day after failing to do so.Hendriks retired Mazara on a called third strike to end it. The A's closer let out a howl of celebration and pumped his arms before receiving congratulatory hugs.The low-budget A's had not captured a winner-take-all postseason game since beating Hall of Famer Willie Mays and the New York Mets. in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Oakland had gone 1-15 in potential clinchers since 2000.''Rinetti, it happened!'' A's President Dave Kaval hollered to 40th-year stadium operations chief David Rinetti from the field up into the stands afterward.''1973, baby!'' Rinetti yelled.Two relievers after Murphy's homer, Matt Foster walked Mark Canha with the bases-loaded to tie it, then Matt Olson's walk forced in another run that gave Oakland a 4-3 lead. Mazara hit a tying single in the fifth.Led by top MVP candidate Jose Abreu, the White Sox ended a string of seven consecutive losing seasons to reach the postseason for the first time since 2008. They won the AL Central that year before losing 3-1 to Tampa Bay in the Division Series.Loser Evan Marshall walked the bases loaded with a second straight free pass with two outs in the fifth to Marcus Semien before Pinder singled.''I was grateful for the opportunity,'' Pinder said. ''Those are the kind of moments you want to be in.'' Melvin insisted Pinder's bat would help the A's in the playoffs, even after the infielder spent a stint on the injured list down the stretch with a strained right hamstring.Melvin also turned to right-hander Mike Fiers to take the ball over lefty starter Sean Manaea. The decision made perfect sense: The White Sox went 14-0 in the regular season against left-handed starters and beat southpaw Jesus Luzardo in Game 1 on Tuesday. That prompted White Sox star Tim Anderson to say, ''I guess they haven't done their homework.'' ''It's a tough one to swallow but we've got to keep going,'' Anderson said. ''It's just the start of something that could be great.'' A year ago, Melvin picked Manaea over Fiers to start the wild-card game Oakland lost to Tampa Bay after Fiers pitched his second career no-hitter against the Reds in May 2019 and went on to finish 15-4. Fiers wanted the start that night but understood Melvin made a tough choice.''It was a fun call for me to finally reward him,'' said Melvin, who hated to remove Fiers early Thursday.While Fiers was done after 1 2/3 innings having surrendered a run and five hits, he might get to leave his mark on the Astros series after not facing his former club all of 2020.It was Fiers in November who made public his former Houston club's sign-stealing scam in an article with The Athletic.The A's haven't forgotten.''We're in the middle of it. There's a little bit of kind of that going on there that we want to make sure they know what they've done and we can prove it to them and make sure we're also the top team in the AL West,'' Hendriks said. ''But there's also not being petty and not letting our emotions get the better of us by trying to be over the top and vengeful.'' SUCH DISTANCERobert's home run to left-center was the second-longest of the postseason and furthest by a White Sox player since 2015, according to MLB StatCast. Robert emphatically threw down his twirling bat before rounding the bases as teammates roared from the dugout.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox manager Rick Renteria was late writing his lineup waiting to see whether Jimenez could play.Jimenez started as DH then came out with further discomfort in his sprained right foot following a leadoff double in the third.He missed the first two games of the series and the final three of the regular season.Renteria watched his regular left fielder's pregame work first Thursday.''We've got to get a win today. We've got to buy him some time,'' Anderson said. ''That's another big bat that we're missing right now.'' Crochet, who relieved fellow rookie starter Dane Dunning in the first, exited in the second with tightness in his left forearm - his throwing side.HURLING ITThe 17 pitchers, nine by Chicago, were the most in a nine-inning postseason game.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
Game Recap from The Associated Press (AP).
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MLB Game Preview: Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland Athletics - Date: 10/1/2020 A's turn to Fiers for Game 3, White Sox are all hands on deckThe Chicago White Sox and host Oakland Athletics will play a deciding third game in their American League first-round playoff series Thursday afternoon. Profitable Handicappers. That much is known.What remained a mystery well after Wednesday's 5-3 Oakland win that squared the best-of-three series at 1-1 is which pitchers the White Sox and A's will send to the mound for the deciding game.A's manager Bob Melvin finally decided about two hours before the first pitch to run with Mike Fiers in Game 3.Fiers has gone 14-3 in Oakland since joining the A's during the 2018 season. Sports Picking Services. The White Sox have won just 21 of 47 games started by opposing right-handers this year.The winner of Thursday's game moves on to face sixth-seeded Houston in a best-of-five AL Division Series starting Monday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Having put everything they had into trying to win Game 2, managers Rick Renteria of the White Sox and Melvin asked for additional time at their postgame news conference to consider their options for the win-and-advance showdown."We have a lot of analytics we look at," Melvin noted. "Based on what happened (in Game 1) and who's available and how we look at our bullpen, all of those things will factor in. So, this will be a discussion." Renteria has fewer choices. He left possible Game 3 starters Reynaldo Lopez and Gio Gonzalez off his 28-man roster, then opted to use five-game winner Dylan Cease in relief on Wednesday.That leaves right-hander Dane Dunning (2-0, 3.97 ERA) as the likely choice.A 25-year-old rookie, Dunning made seven starts in the regular season, striking out 35 in 34 innings. He has never faced the A's and was bombed in his two most recent starts, allowing nine runs (eight earned) and nine hits in a combined seven innings against Cleveland and the Chicago Cubs.Dunning would be facing a lineup that hasn't fired on all cylinders in the first two games in the series, even in scoring five runs in Wednesday's win. Second-seeded Oakland was gifted two runs on a two-out, two-run error in the first inning, then finished with just seven hits -- three fewer than the seventh-seeded White Sox.Oakland was completely shut down by righty Lucas Giolito in Game 1, held hitless until the seventh inning in a 4-1 loss.While the A's have faced five elimination games in the past eight seasons, including one Wednesday, the White Sox haven't had one since falling to Tampa Bay 6-2 in Game 4 of their American League Division Series in 2008."We all know what it means," White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal assured. "I'm pretty sure they're aware of what it means and what's going on. We've just got to come back (in Game 3) and it's do-or-die. Our season keeps on going or it stops (Thursday)." Melvin opted not to go with left-hander Sean Manaea (4-3, 4.50).The White Sox ran their record to 15-0 when facing lefty starters this season when they beat Oakland starter Jesus Luzardo in the series opener.Going with Fiers (6-3, 4.58) over Frankie Montas (3-5, 5.60) delays a bit of potential drama in the division series. Fiers was the whistleblower who prompted Major League Baseball to open an investigation of the Astros' sign-stealing scandal.Melvin and the Billy Beane-led A's braintrust had a similar decision to make in last year's AL wild-card game against Tampa Bay. Fox Sports Picks. They opted for Manaea, who served up four runs in two innings in a runaway, 5-1 loss.Fiers was the team's wins leader last year when he was passed over. He also was a candidate to start the AL wild-card game against the New York Yankees in 2018, a game in which the A's opted to go the "opener" route with Liam Hendriks.--Field Level Media
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