The Oakland Athletics ended yesterday’s contest against the Chicago White Sox in a 3-3 tie yesterday after a clutch 9th inning homer from young first baseman Will Simpson. Today, they’ll look to finish the job and get a win today against the reigning NL champions, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Starting for the A’s is Ross Stripling, who’s had a rough run in Spring Training. He comes into this outing with 10 1⁄3 innings of 11.32 ball, allowing 20 hits along the way. His strikeout-to-walk ratio still looks strong but his .