A’s Coverage:
- Game #91: Montas blanks Astros, A’s win 2-0 thanks to Piscotty’s support...
- BP Futures Game Preview: Team World (Jesus Luzardo)...
- Lee: Lowrie ‘surprised and disappointed’ by ASG snub...
- Moriarity: Down on the Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson...
- Schoenfield: Surging A’s will keep Mariners on their toes in hunt for playoff spot...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Dodgers’ Max Muncy says he’ll participate in Home Run Derby...
- Cwik: The Yankees are trying to make a push to acquire Manny Machado...
- Hart: Royals ink youngest-ever Japanese player to sign with major league team...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Sullivan: Nathan Eovaldi Might Be the Best Starter on the Market...
- Passan: How a child-molesting trainer and teenage steroid use has come to define Latin American baseball...
- Sollenberger: Are people laundering money through a $758,000 Jose Uribe baseball card?
- Crasnik: MLB hitters explain why they can’t just beat the shift...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1932 - To save train fare for the single-date appearance, Connie Mack takes along just two A’s pitchers to Cleveland. Lew Krausse the A’s starting pitcher, gives up four hits in the first inning and his replacement, Eddie Rommel pitches 17 innings in relief, giving up a record 29 hits, but wins 18-17. Cleveland’s Johnny Burnett sets a major-league record by collecting nine hits in 11 at bats, while the A’s Jimmie Foxx strokes six hits, including three home runs for a record-tying 16 total bases.
- 1999 - For his 4th loss in a row, the Diamondbacks fail to score for Randy Johnson, this time falling, 2 - 0, to Tim Hudson and the Oakland A’s.
Best of Twitter:
- That Frankie Fight!
Frankie Montas was a little extra amped up tonight knowing he was matched up against Astros All-Star Gerrit Cole: “He’s one of the best right now. Just facing him I’m saying to myself, ‘I’m not coming out before him.’ They’re not taking me out first.”
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) July 10, 2018
- It got a little shaky last night, but Treinen pulled through...
A's now 35-0 when leading after seven innings, 42-0 when leading after eight.
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) July 10, 2018
- Update...
Two Futures Game roster updates:
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) July 10, 2018
Brewers RHP Luis Ortiz replaces Astros RHP Forrest Whitley
Cardinals C Andrew Knizner replaces A's catcher Sean Murphy