The Oakland Athletics took on the American League Central’s Cleveland Guardians tonight at the Oakland Coliseum. Righty Ross Stripling made his A’s debut against Lefty Logan Allen for the Guardians.
The Guardians jumped on Stripling early with a two-run homer by Jose Ramirez scoring Andrés Giménez. Josh Naylor doubled. Darell Hernaiz, making his first major league start at third base, booted his first fielding attempt, putting runners on first and third with two outs. Stripling then balked to score Naylor. At the end of one, the Guardians led 3-0.
J.D. Davis got the A’s on the board with a rocket to straight-away center field cutting the Guardians’ lead to 3-1.