Rookies' homers lead A's past White Sox
CHICAGO -- Matt Olson, Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto each slugged their first career big league homers Saturday as the Oakland Athletics took a 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox in front of a sellout crowd on the day of Mark Buehrle's jersey retirement at Guaranteed Rate Field.Olson, Brugman and Barreto
CHICAGO --
Olson, Brugman and Barreto each went deep off White Sox starter
"A peek to the future is now, right? I guess that's a record, those three home runs," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "It's amazing. These guys have fed off each other all through the system, they know each other really well and have won together. The more the merrier at this point."
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It marked the second time ever three teammates had launched their first Major League home runs in the same game, according to Elias Sports. It was last accomplished in professional baseball history by the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in 1914 when Art Kruger, John Potts and Duke Kenworthy accomplished the feat. The Federal League played as a third major league during the 1914 and '15 season.
Saturday was also the first time all season Shields had given up multiple homers in a start after allowing a Major League-worst 40 home runs last season. Shields went three-plus innings, allowing six runs on seven hits while walking three on 85 pitches. It marked the first time in five starts he didn't go at least five innings, putting a damper on the game in which he recorded his 2,000th career strikeout.
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"The whole ordeal is a special experience for everyone," Gossett said. "To get out of there with my first win was just the icing on the cake. It was an awesome experience to be a part of."
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Just a bit outside: Shields was in trouble from the get-go, in part because of how he lost the first batter he faced. The right-hander had leadoff man Matt Joyce on a 2-2 count, but proceeded to spike a breaking ball in the dirt and miss just outside to walk Joyce. His very next pitch, an 85.5-mph cutter, was driven out of the ballpark by Olson to open up the scoring in what would be a 29-pitch first inning for Shields.
You gone: Athletics shortstop
"It's frustrating," Frazier said. "You can't get the call right in New York, too, as well. They've got every different angle. They can zoom in. They can zoom in as close as possible and to think that they cannot make that call it's just frustrating with the technology we have today. It's just crazy. It boggles your mind. It really does. You know. I'm the one. I'm vocal. I'm emotional."
Renteria said he grew frustrated and said Frazier -- like
"Frazier's never been tossed," Renteria said. "Timmy Anderson is the most mild-mannered person you've ever met in your life. Yet he's a competitor. So when you see these guys express themselves in a certain way, consider who they are, what they're about."
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW
Shortly after Frazier's error was upheld, another White Sox error was added to the board through a replay review. Athletics third baseman
WHAT'S NEXT
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Fabian Ardaya is a reporter for MLB.com based in Chicago.
Jane Lee has covered the A's for MLB.com since 2010.