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Game Date:
07/01/2016
10:05pm EST
Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5
Oakland -1.5
Total:
Over
8 (-120)
Under 8 (+109)
Community Picks: Pittsburgh Pirates 0% vs Oakland Athletics 0%
Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics Thread
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Sonny Gray still remembers the first time he faced the Pittsburgh Pirates as if it happened yesterday, not three seasons ago when he was a rookie. The Oakland A's right-hander made his major league debut at PNC Park on July 10, 2013, and he pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen in a 5-0 loss to the Pirates. Gray will face Pittsburgh again on Friday, only this time he will start for the A's in the opener of a three-game interleague series at the Oakland Coliseum. Continue to Article
July 01, 2016 4:18:am EST
In Friday's Daily Dose, Jesse Pantuosco looks at Clayton Kershaw's back injury and discusses the Dodgers' trade for Bud Norris. Continue to Article
July 01, 2016 3:06:am EST
In an effort to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of their Bay Area rivals, the San Francisco Giants will buck 40 years of baseball tradition. Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner will start Thursday against the Oakland A's at the Oakland Coliseum, and he will bat in place of a designated hitter. Bumgarner will become the first starting pitcher to bat intentionally in place of a designated hitter since Ken Brett did so twice for the Chicago White Sox in 1976. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 4:15:am EST
Madison Bumgarner will get to hit for himself - even in an American League park. San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy says he plans to use his slugging pitcher instead of a designated hitter Thursday night when the Giants visit the Oakland Athletics. It will be the first time a team intentionally used a pitcher to hit instead of a DH since the Chicago White Sox allowed Ken Brett to do it in 1976 - the Rays were forced to bat pitcher Andy Sonnanstine in 2009 because of a lineup card mixup. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 3:28:am EST
Clint Hurdle speaks with great appreciation for what Sean Rodriguez brings defensively, playing wherever Pittsburgh needs him to be in the field. It was his bat, though, that carried the Pirates on Wednesday night. Rodriguez doubled in consecutive at-bats and drove in four runs, David Freese hit a solo home run and Pittsburgh beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 to split a two-game interleague series. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 1:56:am EST
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