A’s Bombs Beat Bundled Palms

 By Vin Castillo | April 10, 2020

MIAMI — It was a loud Friday night at Coca-Cola Palms Park—and not in a good way for the home fans. The visiting Oakland A’s blasted four home runs, including two from Matt Olson, as they steamrolled the Miami Palms 7–1 to even the series.

The long ball did nearly all the damage against Miami starter Erick Fedde, who surrendered five runs on nine hits in just three innings. Marcus Semien got things started with a two-run shot in the first, and Olson added his first bomb an inning later as part of a three-run frame. By the time Ramon Laureano and Olson each went deep again, the game was out of reach.

“Fedde’s stuff wasn’t missing bats tonight, and that’s a tough lineup to be up in the zone against,” said manager Scott Hatteberg. “We needed to get through five with him, but they were on everything.”

The Palms’ only offensive spark came in the fourth, when Jaspero Gonzalez launched his third homer of the year. But that was the only blemish on a stellar outing from Oakland’s Chris Bassitt, who allowed just four hits over seven strong innings.

“We’re going to have nights like this,” Gonzalez said. “They came out swinging, and we couldn’t punch back.”

Despite a five-hit night for Miami—including one apiece from Gonzalez, Chris Korb, Frank Sohn, Wellington Castillo, and Nick Markakis—the team struggled to string anything together. Miami grounded into one double play and left five men on base.

The bullpen held Oakland to just two runs over six innings of work, a silver lining Hatteberg pointed out. “The pen gave us a shot. We just didn’t do enough at the plate tonight.”

Up Next: The Palms look to take game 3 of the series tomorrow. Blake Johnston will try to notch the win. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m.

 Oakland A's 7, Miami Palms 1

 Friday, April 10, 2020

 

 

 Oakland A's (1-1)                                        Miami Palms (5-9)                                       

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Semien ss       5  1  2  2  0  0  1  2  0  0   .333      Gardner cf      4  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   .317

 Laureano cf     5  2  2  1  0  0  4  0  0  3   .222      Grant 1b        4  0  0  0  0  0  5  2  0  0   .283

 Olson 1b        5  2  4  4  0  0  10 1  0  0   .556      Gonzalez 2b     4  1  1  1  0  1  2  1  0  1   .349

 Chapman 3b      5  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  2   .444      Korb 3b         3  0  1  0  1  0  1  1  0  0   .269

 Canha lf        5  0  2  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .333      Sohn rf         4  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  1   .259

 Piscotty rf     5  1  2  0  0  1  2  0  0  1   .222      Wieters c       3  0  0  0  1  1  6  0  0  0   .341

 Davis dh        5  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   .222      Castillo dh     3  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .211

 Pinder 2b       4  0  0  0  1  1  0  2  0  2   .000      Munoz ss        3  0  0  0  0  1  0  3  0  2   .310

 Murphy c        4  1  2  0  0  1  6  1  0  0   .500      Markakis lf     3  0  1  0  0  0  6  0  0  1   .196

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          43 7  16 7  1  3  27 9  0  10            Totals          31 1  5  1  2  6  27 8  0  5  

 

 

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E

                     -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Oakland A's         2  3  0  0  1  0  0  1  0         7  16 0  

 Miami Palms         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0         1  5  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Oakland A's 10, Miami Palms 5; 2B- Piscotty(1), Murphy(2); HR- Semien(1), Laureano(1),

 Olson 2(2), Gonzalez(3); RBI- Semien 2(2), Laureano(1), Olson 4(4), Gonzalez(9);

 GIDP- Munoz(3); RLSP- Laureano 2, Chapman, Davis 2, Piscotty, Gonzalez, Munoz 2,

 Markakis;  

 

 DP- Oakland A's 1;  

  

 

 

 Oakland A's            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Bassitt(W 1-0)         7.0  4  1  1  2  4    1.29  

 Diekman                1.0  1  0  0  0  2    5.40  

 Hendriks               1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Miami Palms            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Fedde(L 0-1)           3.0  9  5  5  0  0   13.50 

 Peralta                1.0  1  0  0  0  0    5.06  

 Allen                  1.0  3  1  1  1  1    8.53  

 Jeffress               2.0  1  0  0  0  1    3.68  

 Conley                 1.0  1  1  1  0  0    4.76  

 Matusz                 1.0  1  0  0  0  1    8.68  

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Peralta; Pitches-strikes- Bassitt 95-54, Diekman 15-10,

 Hendriks 5-4, Fedde 59-35, Peralta 19-11, Allen 27-15, Jeffress 20-14, Conley 14-11,

 Matusz 9-6; Batters faced- Bassitt 26, Diekman 4, Hendriks 3, Fedde 18, Peralta 4,

 Allen 7, Jeffress 7, Conley 4, Matusz 4; 


 Temp - 89, Sky - Mostly Clear, Wind - W 13mph 

 

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