SAN FRANCISCO -- The Oakland Athletics hope to get All-Star Jed Lowrie back in the lineup Saturday night when they continue a stretch of six straight games against the rival San Francisco Giants.
Oakland lost the opener of the three-game San Francisco portion of the sequence 7-1 on Friday night after taking Lowrie out of the game in the fifth inning with a bruised lower left leg.
A's manager Bob Melvin didn't seem overly concerned with the injury after the game, and was looking forward to penciling his top hitter onto Saturday's lineup card.