The Oakland A’s have a couple big names in their starting rotation right now, but their hottest arm belongs to Cole Irvin.
The left-hander threw another gem Friday night, this time shutting down the Texas Rangers in a 5-4 victory at the Coliseum.
For six of the first seven innings, Irvin was perfect. He retired his first nine batters of the game, then had a quick spot of trouble in the 4th with a few singles yielding one run, then recovered to mow down another nine straight batters through the end of the 7th. He stuck around for the 8th but was pulled after a leadoff walk, which the bullpen let score in unearned fashion.