Winners again. The Athletics broke up their small two-game losing streak with a victory over the Astros, beating their division rival by a final of 4-3 in extra innings in the kickoff to the road trip.
Sears with the spot start? No matter
Yesterday the scheduled starter for game one of this series was Osvaldo Bido. We now know that he’s been dealing with some wrist tendonitis and ultimately required a trip to the IL. The club elected to just move up the rotation a day instead of plugging in a new arm. That means the original middle game starter JP Sears was on the mound for tonight’s contest against the playoff-bound Astros.