OAKLAND — Jed Lowrie made sure that he gave Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross a forgettable experience in his first Major League start at his hometown ballpark.
Lowrie collected four RBI in two at bats against the East Bay native, who grew up watching the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum, leading the charge alongside Ryon Healy, who put together a career game in the A’s 10-4 win Saturday afternoon.
Ross, who was drafted in the first round of the 2011 Major League draft (25th overall) after a sparkling career at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, surrendered a career-high six earned runs over three innings of work thanks in large part to Lowrie’s two-run home run in the first and his two-run double in the second.