The A’s faced off against hometown rivals the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco Monday night, in the final Spring Training game of the season. Matching up tonight was Ross Stripling for the Giants and James Kaprielian for the A’s. Kaprielian enters the matchup with a spring record of 1-1, 2.53 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 10 2/3 innings.
The A’s got off to an early lead, when Jesus Aguilar homered to center field scoring Tony Kemp who led off the game with a base hit. The Giants scored in the bottom half of the inning when Joc Pederson drove home Lamont Wade, Jr.