The Oakland Athletics faced off against the National League Central’s Cincinnati Reds this afternoon at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Interestingly enough, this was the first A’s trip to Cincy since 2016.
Mitch Spence got the start for the A’s today. He went up against 31-year-old righty Jacob Junis for the Reds. Jacob Wilson returned to the lineup today after a stint on the Injured List (IL) with a strained left hamstring. He made the first put-out of the game for the A’s on a routine ground ball by Jonathan India.
TJ Friedl led off the second for the Reds with a triple into the right field corner.