Luzardo only lasted 3.1 innings and allowed six runs on nine hits.
The right-hander struck out five over seven strong innings, allowing two runs, three hits and two walks but had nothing to show for it.Longoria homered in the first against late fill-in Jesús Luzardo, moved up a day after A’s opening day starter Frankie Montas was scratched because of tightness in his upper back and neck. Stephen Piscotty hit a tying grand slam in the ninth inning, Mark Canha's sacrifice fly put Oakland on top in the 10th, and the Athletics stunned the San Francisco Giants 8-7 on Friday night in the opener of the Bay Bridge Series. Associated Press Television News Stephen Piscotty made sure of that, with his second ninth inning grand slam that led the A’s to a 8-7 extra inning win on Friday night. He could be used as designated hitter in the coming days.The Giants added RHP Jake Jewell to their player pool and assigned him to their Sacramento alternate site.RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 4.05 ERA) pitches Saturday for the Giants, and left-hander Sean Manaea (0-2, 9.00) will start a day earlier than scheduled for Oakland. Olson and Grossman also went deep off Griffin Canning (0-3) as Oakland's offense bounced back after … He still had plenty of rest having earned his first career victory last Sunday against the Astros.The ball carried on a rare hot evening in San Francisco, where first-pitch temperature reached 85 degrees.Robbie Grossman hit an RBI triple in the A's two-run seventh.Oakland improved to 1-2 in interleague play and started a stretch with seven straight games against the National League West.After playing 14 of their initial 20 games on the road the Giants are back home for 11 of 13 at home. Marcus Semien homered to give Mike Fiers a quick cushion, Stephen Piscotty drove in all three of his runs with two outs, and the AL-best A's beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Friday night to run their home winning streak to nine games.
Stephen Piscotty, Matt Olson and Robbie Grossman homered, center fielder Ramón Laureano made three nifty catches and the Oakland Athletics averted a sweep with an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. Piscotty slam ties it in ninth, A's beat Giants 8-7 in 10th.
Stephen Piscotty continued his late game heroics for the Oakland A’s, powering them to an extra inning victory. Olson hit one to beat the Angels in 10 innings on opening night. He hit a flyball to right off Jarlin García (0-1).Joakim Soria (2-0) escaped trouble in the ninth for the win, and Liam Hendriks finished for his sixth save.The A's delivered another dramatic late-game grand slam. ... RHP Jordan Weems was reinstated from the 10-day injured list after missing time with a strained lat muscle on his pitching side and was optioned to the club's alternate site in San Jose.Giants: LHP Drew Smyly (sprained left index finger) has begun throwing on flat ground and is scheduled to be re-examined this weekend.
A game with a weird start had to have a weird end, right? Instagram SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 14: Stephen Piscotty #25, Khris Davis #2, Sean Murphy #12 and Robbie Grossman #8 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates after Piscotty hit a game tying grand slam against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the ninth inning at Oracle Park on August 14, 2020 in San Francisco, California. ... RHP Sam Coonrod (right lat strain) threw a 30-pitch bullpen and will be examined by team doctors during the weekend. Oakland again benefited from the extra inning rule which places a runner on second base beginning in the tenth inning.Want your voice heard?