The impossible has happened: Paul Blackburn gave up a run. Three, in fact.
The righty didn’t have his best stuff Wednesday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals but for the first time in 2024, his team around him were really able to rally to get Blackburn the win - his second of the season. The 6-3 win puts the A’s now at 8-11 for the season as they avoid the sweep.
After failing to do much offensively the first time around the order, the A’s wasted no time the second time around against Steven Matz. Max Schumann, todays ninth-place better, began the bottom of the third with a walk and the next batter, Esteury Ruiz, continued his early season revenge tour with a two-run bomb to left field.