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Major League Baseball has delayed the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training schedule. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Carlos Osorio / Associated Press Show More Show Less 3 of7 Gates to LECOM Park, spring training baseball home of the Pittsburgh Pirates are locked, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Elise Amendola / Associated Press Show More Show Less 2 of7 A closed sign is displayed on the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training baseball gift shop at LECOM Park, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. MLB is also delaying the start of its regular season by at least two weeks. Major League Baseball has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule because of the coronavirus outbreak. The teams will be racing a weather system that’s due to arrive in the afternoon and get worse as the day continues on.īut from HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz., it was the A’s 3, the Angels 5.1 of7 Baseball equipment is seen at the batting cages through a locked fence at Minnesota Twins' Hammond Stadium, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Fort Myers, Fla. First pitch is slated for 12:05 Pacific/1:05 Mountain with Kendall Graveman to take the start followed by Sean Manaea. The A’s visit Scottsdale Stadium to play the first of two exhibitions against the Giants in Arizona. Yonder Alonso and Matt Olson rescued him on each occasion, with Olson throwing back across the diamond in the sixth to throw out a wandering Kaleb Cowart. This time last spring, the A’s had already committed four errors through three games in two days on their way to an MLB-high 45 for the preseason.įranklin Barreto showed decent range, though he short-hopped his throws to first on at least three occasions. The A’s errorless streak for spring lasted 14 2⁄ 3 innings before Trevor Plouffe booted a sharp grounder in the sixth. Ryan Lavarnway followed in the fifth by retiring shortstop Nolan Fontana. Josh Phegley, making his first start behind the play since July, threw out Jefry Marte trying to steal second in the second. Today’s catchers impressed this afternoon.

Ryan Lavarnway doubled and scored in the seventh. De Aza also dropped a good sacrifice bunt in the fifth that allowed Andrew Lambo to be in position to score on a wild pitch.įranklin Barreto had himself a nice afternoon with two singles. As today’s lead off hitter he tripled in the third to be scored by Canha one batter later. He hit a double instead with a ground ball that hit the third base bag and jumped over a diving Luis Valbuena.Īlejandro De Aza also seeks to be seen as an option for the A’s in center field. Mark Canha again just hooked a baseball to the left of the foul pole, showing that the injury he suffered last year appears to not have had a permanent deleterious effect. Paul Blackburn tossed a scoreless fourth and fifth, inducing four ground balls and striking out one. Of note is that the Angels left their top starters back in Tempe, with Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun among the others not rostered for today’s contest. He conceded two walks but didn’t allow any hits in two innings of work. Kendall Graveman will start tomorrow, instead, with Sean Manaea pitching in relief.īob Melvin was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser as suggesting that Gossett could play his way into the fifth starter discussion. *** Click here to revisit today’s Game Thread! *** Fifth starter raceĭaniel Gossett was moved into today’s starter’s spot after Sonny Gray’s World Baseball Classic participation cancellation rearranged the rotation schedule. Most of the runs the A’s conceded were off of non-roster invitee Aaron Kurcz, who gave up two walks that both scored in the top of the seventh inning. Mark Canha and Jaycob Brugman each drove in a run while Andrew Lambo scored on a wild pitch. The Athletics lost Sunday’s HoHoKam Stadium opener to the Angels, 5-3.