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As the most experienced pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, Alex Wood felt it important that he led by example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given this goal, Wood\u2019s start to his career with the Athletics had not gone as he planned. Through seven starts, he built a 6.32 ERA, pitched once into the sixth inning and carried 1.98 WHIP that was the second highest behind only Houston Astros<\/a>\u2019 Hunter Brown (2.20) among the 127 Major League pitchers, with at least 25 innings this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming off a day where the bullpen had to cover eight innings due to an early exit for Joe Boyle, the Athletics longed for a deep outing. Facing the defending World Series champions, Wood stepped up to deliver his best start yet for Oakland. He had six scoreless innings, permitting only two hits and one walk with three strikeouts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood\u2019s strong effort set the Athletics up for the formula that has worked well for them this campaign. Get a strong outing from their starter, score enough runs early and and it off to a lights-out bullpen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this time, there was problem. Lucas Erceg conceded a go-ahead three-run homer to Corey Seager, after a two-run lead in the eight. This turned out to be the gamechanger in Oakland\u2019s 4-2 defeat by the Rangers on Monday night at the Coliseum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See: <\/strong>Allen solid, but \u2018flat\u2019 Cleveland Guardians struggle in field in finale<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erceg, who entered the night afer permitting only two hits and three walks over his last night appearances, started the eight with a leadoff walk to pinch-hitter Josh Smith. That free pass set the modd for an uncharacteristics fram that witnessed the right-hander walk two batters and permit two hits. The most damaging one was Seager\u2019s long ball on a 3-2 changeup with two outs. At the same time, closer Mason Miller was warm in the bullpen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey made some moves by pinch-hitting against [Erceg],\u201d said Athletics manager Mark Kotsay. \u201cThe Seager at-bat, 3-2 changeup, that\u2019s why he makes [$325 million.] This is a small blip for Erceg. I\u2019ve had nothing but confidence in him. He\u2019s had nothing but success in that situation this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erceg\u2019s blown save will highlighted, especially since it was the Athletics first loss this campaign when leading after seven innings. The offense, was just as complicit for its inability to cash in. Despite securing seven hits, Oakland went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erceg\u2019s blown save will be magnified, given that it was the A\u2019s first loss this season when leading after seven innings. The offense, however, was just as responsible for its inability to cash in. Despite collecting seven hits, the A\u2019s went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. Their two runs were on a pair of sacrifice flies by Darell Hernaiz in the second and Esteury Ruiz in the fifth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a chance to add on,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cAdding on against good teams is what you need to do to put them away. We\u2019ve been able to add on as of late. But tonight, we couldn\u2019t get that support we needed late and it ended up costing us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a night where the Athletics blew a chance to close the distance on Texas, which entered first place while Oakland trails by three games, the upside is in Wood finally looking like he does at his best. He moved fast by pounding the zone with 54 of 78 pitches going for strikes and generating lots of weak contact. The average exit velocity of the 17 balls in play against him was only 89.7 mph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest thing for me is strikes,\u201d Wood said. \u201cI\u2019m a strike thrower. \u2026 That was a big thing for me today. Going in and getting strike one and attacking guys. Usually, when you do that, you get some of those quick outs like we did tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood referred to his previous outing last week against the Pittsburgh Pirates as frustrating because he could attack the zone. Pulled after four innings against Pittsburgh, he threw only 53 of 93 total pitches for strikes that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex said he identified a mechnical flaw with his hand positioning, which he corrected before his start at the Yankee Stadium on April 25. This fix held him go 5 \u2154 innings of one-run ball. The issue happened again in last week\u2019s start, but he fixed it for Monday\u2019s start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy hands had gravitated more towards the mid-line or in front of the mid-line of my body,\u201d Wood said. \u201cGoing into New York, I had to make sure [my hands] were behind my mid-line. Last start, they kind of gravitated back toward where they had been. Today, I kept that in the back of my mind throughout the outing. It helped my changeup a lot and command in general. Hopefully, it\u2019s something we can keep carrying over and keep filling up the zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the most experienced pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, Alex Wood felt it important that he led by example.  Given this goal, Wood\u2019s start to his career with the Athletics had not gone as he planned. Through seven starts, he built a 6.32 ERA, pitched once into the sixth inning and carried 1.98 WHIP that was the second highest behind only Houston Astros\u2019 Hunter Brown (2.20) among the 127 Major League pitchers, with at least 25 innings this season.\u00a0 Coming off a day where the bullpen had to cover eight innings due to an early exit for Joe Boyle, the Athletics longed for a deep outing. Facing the defending World Series champions, Wood stepped up to deliver his best start yet for Oakland. He had six scoreless innings, permitting only two hits and one walk with three strikeouts.  Wood\u2019s strong effort set the Athletics up for the formula that has worked well for them this campaign. Get a strong outing from their starter, score enough runs early and and it off to a lights-out bullpen.  Although this time, there was problem. Lucas Erceg conceded a go-ahead three-run homer to Corey Seager, after a two-run lead in the eight. This turned out to be the gamechanger in Oakland\u2019s 4-2 defeat by the Rangers on Monday night at the Coliseum. See: Allen solid, but \u2018flat\u2019 Cleveland Guardians struggle in field in finale. Erceg, who entered the night afer permitting only two hits and three walks over his last night appearances, started the eight with a leadoff walk to pinch-hitter Josh Smith. That free pass set the modd for an uncharacteristics fram that witnessed the right-hander walk two batters and permit two hits. The most damaging one was Seager\u2019s long ball on a 3-2 changeup with two outs. At the same time, closer Mason Miller was warm in the bullpen.  \u201cThey made some moves by pinch-hitting against [Erceg],\u201d said Athletics manager Mark Kotsay. \u201cThe Seager at-bat, 3-2 changeup, that\u2019s why he makes [$325 million.] This is a small blip for Erceg. I\u2019ve had nothing but confidence in him. He\u2019s had nothing but success in that situation this season.\u201d Erceg\u2019s blown save will highlighted, especially since it was the Athletics first loss this campaign when leading after seven innings. The offense, was just as complicit for its inability to cash in. Despite securing seven hits, Oakland went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left  Erceg\u2019s blown save will be magnified, given that it was the A\u2019s first loss this season when leading after seven innings. The offense, however, was just as responsible for its inability to cash in. Despite collecting seven hits, the A\u2019s went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. Their two runs were on a pair of sacrifice flies by Darell Hernaiz in the second and Esteury Ruiz in the fifth.  \u201cWe had a chance to add on,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cAdding on against good teams is what you need to do to put them away. We\u2019ve been able to add on as of late. But tonight, we couldn\u2019t get that support we needed late and it ended up costing us.\u201d On a night where the Athletics blew a chance to close the distance on Texas, which entered first place while Oakland trails by three games, the upside is in Wood finally looking like he does at his best. He moved fast by pounding the zone with 54 of 78 pitches going for strikes and generating lots of weak contact. The average exit velocity of the 17 balls in play against him was only 89.7 mph.  \u201cThe biggest thing for me is strikes,\u201d Wood said. \u201cI\u2019m a strike thrower. \u2026 That was a big thing for me today. Going in and getting strike one and attacking guys. Usually, when you do that, you get some of those quick outs like we did tonight.\u201d Wood referred to his previous outing last week against the Pittsburgh Pirates as frustrating because he could attack the zone. Pulled after four innings against Pittsburgh, he threw only 53 of 93 total pitches for strikes that night. Alex said he identified a mechnical flaw with his hand positioning, which he corrected before his start at the Yankee Stadium on April 25. This fix held him go 5 \u2154 innings of one-run ball. The issue happened again in last week\u2019s start, but he fixed it for Monday\u2019s start.  \u201cMy hands had gravitated more towards the mid-line or in front of the mid-line of my body,\u201d Wood said. \u201cGoing into New York, I had to make sure [my hands] were behind my mid-line. Last start, they kind of gravitated back toward where they had been. Today, I kept that in the back of my mind throughout the outing. It helped my changeup a lot and command in general. Hopefully, it\u2019s something we can keep carrying over and keep filling up the zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,3,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-basketball","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nRival skipper not surprised by Athletics breakout - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a shocking game of twists and turns, the Oakland Athletics lose to the Texas Rangers, despite efforts from pitchers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rival-skipper-not-surprised-by-athletics-breakout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rival skipper not surprised by Athletics breakout - 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