The Oakland Athletics wrapped up a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. The teams started the day with identical records; 14-17. Manager Mark Kotsay sent winless 34-year-old righty Ross Stripling to the mound for this matchup against Quinn Priester for the Bucs.
Switch-hitting Abraham Toro got the scoring started with a line-drive homer to straight away center field in the bottom of the second inning.
Tyler Nevin extended his hit streak to nine games with a towering homer to left field extending the A’s lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the third.