The Athletics blew a huge late lead today to finish off getting swept, falling to the Washington Nationals by a final of 8-7 after Washington scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth. Owch, this one hurt.
Starting pitching does it’s job
Left-hander Ken Waldichuk turned in his second straight quality start for the Athletics by pitching five strong innings for the club. Left-hander Ken Waldichuk turned in his second straight quality start for the Athletics by pitching five strong innings for the club. Washington jumped on him right away with a run in the first inning and looked like they were poised to give Waldichuk some problems today.