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FINAL |
9/30/2020 3:10 PM ET (198 DAYS AGO) |
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GAME PREVIEW
White Sox poised to deal A's another early exitThe Chicago White Sox get an opportunity to continue the Oakland Athletics' postseason woes and send the American League West champs into another early offseason Wednesday afternoon when the clubs continue their first-round playoff series with Game 2.Two low-ERA starters -- Chicago left-hander Dallas Keuchel (6-2, 1.99) and Oakland righty Chris Bassitt (5-2, 2.29) -- are scheduled to get the ball in a series that got off to a low-scoring start Tuesday, thanks mostly to White Sox ace Lucas Giolito.Supported by three home runs, Giolito flirted with baseball immortality hurling six perfect innings before eventually combining with three relievers on a three-hitter and a 4-1 victory that gave the seventh-seeded White Sox a 1-0 lead over the second-seeded A's in the best-of-three set.Adam Engel, Jose Abreu and Yasmani Grandal homered for the White Sox, who are seeking their first postseason-series victory since winning the 2005 World Series.The A's have not won a postseason series since 2006, but unlike the White Sox, who are making their first appearance since 2008, Oakland is a fairly regular participant in October. Since sweeping the Minnesota Twins in the 2006 AL Division Series, the A's have come up short in their six opportunities since (three series and three AL wild-card games).To even force a Game 3 in this series, they'll need to solve the veteran Keuchel, who is 4-2 in his postseason career with a 3.47 ERA. Coming off a season in which he recorded a career-best ERA, he will be making his 12th postseason start. Keuchel, 32, hasn't received a decision in his past four, including two for the Atlanta Braves last October, since he took a loss in the Houston Astros' run to the World Series crown in 2017.In his career against the A's, Keuchel is 6-6 despite a fine 3.06 ERA in 22 career games, 20 starts. He is just 2-4 at Oakland, including a 7-1 loss for the Astros in his most recent visit in August 2018.One regular member of the Oakland lineup he'll be happy not to see is third baseman Matt Chapman, who has bombed Keuchel for a .400 average with two doubles and two home runs in 16 career plate appearances. Chapman's season ended on Sept. 6 when he sustained a torn labrum in his hip. The A's have been held to three or fewer runs in 13 of 24 games since then.Keuchel has not lasted longer than six innings since experiencing back spasms earlier this month. He is confident those issues are behind him."We'll go inning-by-inning here in the playoffs," he said Tuesday. "But it's nice, mentally, to have that comfort zone, knowing that the body is going to let me go as long as it really needs to. I take great pride in all my work that I do." Bassitt hasn't needed much support in a personal three-game winning streak, having allowed just one run and 23 hits in 26 2/3 innings over his past four starts.Originally drafted by the White Sox in 2011, Bassitt moved to the A's along with Marcus Semien in a six-player deal in December 2014 that saw Jeff Samardzija go to Chicago.The Toledo, Ohio, native still has family and friends in the Midwest, including some of the latter in the White Sox organization."It's special for me, just because it's like a playing-with-your-friends kind of thing," Bassitt said of facing the White Sox. "So it's fun; it's a different dynamic." Against the White Sox, the 31-year-old is 2-1 with a 3.04 ERA in four career starts.Engel (0-for-4), Abreu (3-for-12) and Grandal (0-for-3), Chicago's three home run hitters in the series opener, have batted a combined .158 against Bassitt in their careers.The pitching matchup is strength vs. strength, with Bassitt 2-1 with a 0.72 ERA in six home starts this season while Keuchel has pitched his best on the road, going 3-1 with a 1.60 ERA in seven starts.--Field Level Media
Game Preview from The Associated Press (AP).
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GAME RECAP
A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3OAKLAND, Calif. Oakland's long-reliable regulars Marcus Semien and Khris Davis powered a couple of home runs, Mark Canha made a game-saving catch against the wall and red-hot right-hander Chris Bassitt delivered the start of his life.Now, the slugging A's are right back in a familiar fall position: one winner-take-all postseason game with the season on the line.Semien and Davis connected early and Oakland's bullpen barely held off Jose Abreu and the Chicago White Sox late for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent the AL playoff series to a deciding Game 3.The A's lost in the AL wild-card game each of the past two seasons, providing added motivation to win the division and earn a longer series.Game 3 is Thursday at the Coliseum.''It feels good. We're hungry for more wins,'' Semien said. ''Tomorrow, anything can happen. It's just like Game 7.'' A's reliever Jake Diekman walked home a run in the ninth, then retired the big-hitting Abreu on a sharp grounder to end it and even the best-of-three wild-card matchup at 1-all.The White Sox went 14-0 in the regular season against left-handed starters and beat southpaw Jesus Luzardo in the playoff opener. A's manager Bob Melvin acknowledged it might make him reconsider who to start with the season on the line - perhaps righty Mike Fiers over lefty Sean Manaea.''I'm pretty sure we're pretty dang confident in anyone we throw against the White Sox,'' Bassitt said. ''The numbers don't mean anything. It's the postseason. I thought they put absurd at-bats against me, and I'm a righty.'' Bassitt allowed one run on six hits in seven-plus innings during an impressive postseason debut as the AL West champion A's snapped a six-game postseason losing streak dating to 2013.The right-hander, drafted by the White Sox before being traded to Oakland in December 2014, came in on a nice roll with an 0.34 ERA in September.Things got interesting when Bassitt gave way to Liam Hendriks after a leadoff single to Tim Anderson in the eighth with a 5-0 lead. Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer one out later.Hendriks surrendered a pair of two-out singles in the ninth and walked Yoan Moncada to load the bases. Diekman relieved and walked Grandal to bring home a run.Abreu, a leading candidate for AL MVP, hit a hard grounder to second base as Diekman earned a tough save.Oakland hit three consecutive one-out singles in the first against Dallas Keuchel, and rookie second baseman Nick Madrigal's fielding error allowed two runs to score.Keuchel exited after 3 1/3 innings having allowed five runs - three earned - and six hits.He couldn't hold down the slugging A's as Lucas Giolito did a day earlier taking a perfect game into the seventh inning of Chicago's 4-1 Game 1 victory.The White Sox haven't won back-to-back road playoff games since getting six straight in 2005.''The biggest thing is carry that momentum from the last inning into tomorrow's game,'' Madrigal said. ''Even going into today's game everyone felt good. We had some good innings just didn't cash in. No one's really worried, we know what we can do. We don't have to overthink it, just go out there and play our game.'' BACK ON TRACKThe A's had dropped five straight postseason games when facing elimination.Oakland's six-game playoff skid matched the longest in A's history - also done from Oct. 10, 2006-Oct. 7, 2012. This marked the club's first postseason win since Game 3 of the 2013 AL Division Series, a 6-3 victory against Detroit at Comerica Park.The A's lost the wild card game to the Yankees in 2018 then Tampa Bay last year after winning 97 games both seasons but finishing second to the rival Houston Astros.''Hopefully that experience helps a little,'' said Canha, whose leaping catch in the fifth robbed Anderson.DAVIS DELIVERSDavis, who led the majors with 48 home runs in 2018, cleared the fences for only the second time since Sept. 4 after playing in only 11 games down the stretch.He went just 3 for 18 against the White Sox last season.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox: LF Eloy Jimenez was out for a second straight playoff game as he nurses a sprained right foot that kept him out of the final three games of the regular season. Jimenez went through extensive baseball work Monday and still experienced soreness.Jimenez was still receiving treatment to determine his status, with manager Rick Renteria noting he wasn't available as designated hitter because ''you need to be able to run.'' ''Right now he's about the same, no worse,'' Renteria said. ''Hopefully that can calm down a little bit more.'' ROUTINEWith another noon start, some of the A's chose to hit on the field after not doing so Tuesday - which was treated more like a day game after a night game. Melvin said many of his players didn't want to go two straight days without batting practice.UP NEXTBoth managers planned meetings with their staffs to determine who would take the mound.Oakland kept six starting pitchers on the roster to have options for a deciding game.''It's all hands on deck,'' Renteria said, not providing specifics on who he might start. ''TBA.'' ---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports
Game Recap from The Associated Press (AP).
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MLB Game Recap: Chicago White Sox (3) vs. Oakland Athletics (5) - Date: 9/30/2020 A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3OAKLAND, Calif. Oakland's long-reliable regulars Marcus Semien and Khris Davis powered a couple of home runs, Mark Canha made a game-saving catch against the wall and red-hot right-hander Chris Bassitt delivered the start of his life.Now, the slugging A's are right back in a familiar fall position: one winner-take-all postseason game with the season on the line.Semien and Davis connected early and Oakland's bullpen barely held off Jose Abreu and the Chicago White Sox late for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent the AL playoff series to a deciding Game 3.The A's lost in the AL wild-card game each of the past two seasons, providing added motivation to win the division and earn a longer series.Game 3 is Thursday at the Coliseum.''It feels good. We're hungry for more wins,'' Semien said. ''Tomorrow, anything can happen. It's just like Game 7.'' A's reliever Jake Diekman walked home a run in the ninth, then retired the big-hitting Abreu on a sharp grounder to end it and even the best-of-three wild-card matchup at 1-all.The White Sox went 14-0 in the regular season against left-handed starters and beat southpaw Jesus Luzardo in the playoff opener. A's manager Bob Melvin acknowledged it might make him reconsider who to start with the season on the line - perhaps righty Mike Fiers over lefty Sean Manaea.''I'm pretty sure we're pretty dang confident in anyone we throw against the White Sox,'' Bassitt said. ''The numbers don't mean anything. It's the postseason. I thought they put absurd at-bats against me, and I'm a righty.'' Bassitt allowed one run on six hits in seven-plus innings during an impressive postseason debut as the AL West champion A's snapped a six-game postseason losing streak dating to 2013.The right-hander, drafted by the White Sox before being traded to Oakland in December 2014, came in on a nice roll with an 0.34 ERA in September.Things got interesting when Bassitt gave way to Liam Hendriks after a leadoff single to Tim Anderson in the eighth with a 5-0 lead. Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer one out later.Hendriks surrendered a pair of two-out singles in the ninth and walked Yoan Moncada to load the bases. Diekman relieved and walked Grandal to bring home a run.Abreu, a leading candidate for AL MVP, hit a hard grounder to second base as Diekman earned a tough save.Oakland hit three consecutive one-out singles in the first against Dallas Keuchel, and rookie second baseman Nick Madrigal's fielding error allowed two runs to score.Keuchel exited after 3 1/3 innings having allowed five runs - three earned - and six hits.He couldn't hold down the slugging A's as Lucas Giolito did a day earlier taking a perfect game into the seventh inning of Chicago's 4-1 Game 1 victory.The White Sox haven't won back-to-back road playoff games since getting six straight in 2005.''The biggest thing is carry that momentum from the last inning into tomorrow's game,'' Madrigal said. ''Even going into today's game everyone felt good. We had some good innings just didn't cash in. No one's really worried, we know what we can do. We don't have to overthink it, just go out there and play our game.'' BACK ON TRACKThe A's had dropped five straight postseason games when facing elimination.Oakland's six-game playoff skid matched the longest in A's history - also done from Oct. 10, 2006-Oct. 7, 2012. NHL Handicappers. This marked the club's first postseason win since Game 3 of the 2013 AL Division Series, a 6-3 victory against Detroit at Comerica Park.The A's lost the wild card game to the Yankees in 2018 then Tampa Bay last year after winning 97 games both seasons but finishing second to the rival Houston Astros.''Hopefully that experience helps a little,'' said Canha, whose leaping catch in the fifth robbed Anderson.DAVIS DELIVERSDavis, who led the majors with 48 home runs in 2018, cleared the fences for only the second time since Sept. 4 after playing in only 11 games down the stretch.He went just 3 for 18 against the White Sox last season.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox: LF Eloy Jimenez was out for a second straight playoff game as he nurses a sprained right foot that kept him out of the final three games of the regular season. Jimenez went through extensive baseball work Monday and still experienced soreness.Jimenez was still receiving treatment to determine his status, with manager Rick Renteria noting he wasn't available as designated hitter because ''you need to be able to run.'' ''Right now he's about the same, no worse,'' Renteria said. ''Hopefully that can calm down a little bit more.'' ROUTINEWith another noon start, some of the A's chose to hit on the field after not doing so Tuesday - which was treated more like a day game after a night game. Melvin said many of his players didn't want to go two straight days without batting practice.UP NEXTBoth managers planned meetings with their staffs to determine who would take the mound.Oakland kept six starting pitchers on the roster to have options for a deciding game.''It's all hands on deck,'' Renteria said, not providing specifics on who he might start. ''TBA.'' ---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports |
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