Oakland Athletics at Philadelphia Phillies

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Oakland Athletics

36-60, 14-35 Away

Final
6 - 2

Philadelphia Phillies

61-33, 36-15 Home

Butler, Langeliers lead last-place Oakland over first-place Phillies

Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker also had RBI for the A’s, who are in last place in the AL West and have the fourth-fewest wins (36) in baseball.

“They can compete each night when they play good, fundamental baseball,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said.

The Phillies have the most wins (61) and were coming off a three-game home sweep of the NL West-leading Dodgers while outscoring Los Angeles 19-5. But NL East-leading Philadelphia dropped the first in a three-game series against cellar-dwelling Oakland.

“It just didn't happen tonight,” Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber said. “That one big hit avoided us.”

Ranger Suárez (10-4), one of a franchise-record seven Phillies All-Stars, continued his recent struggles, allowing four runs and six hits in six innings. Suárez had a 1.83 ERA through his first 16 starts but has an 8.62 mark in his last three outings.

“I'm not choosing my pitches correctly, and I'm not pitching where I want to,” Suárez said through a translator. “I'm trying to be too perfect on the mound.”

Osvaldo Bido (1-1) tossed three scoreless innings of relief to get the win.

“Tip your cap to the job Bido said,” Kotsay said.

The A’s scored all of their runs against Suárez with two outs. Three consecutive RBI singles by Andujar, Rooker and Langeliers in the third put Oakland ahead 3-1.

“Guys made a commitment to grind out out at-bats,” Kotsay said.

Philadelphia got a run back in the bottom of the frame on Edmundo Sosa’s RBI single before Langeliers’ single in the fifth made it a two-run game again.

Butler’s two-run, pinch-hit drive in the eighth off right-hander José Ruiz increased the lead to 6-2.

Phillies shortstop Trea Turner was ejected in the eighth inning by home-plate umpire David Rackley for arguing a called third strike.

ROSTER MOVE

The Phillies released three-time All-Star Whit Merrifield prior to the game. Merrifield batted .199 with three homers and 11 RBI in 53 games after signing a one-year, $8 million free-agent deal in the offseason. Philadelphia recalled Weston Wilson to take Merrifield’s place. Wilson started in left field and went 1 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout.

“I liked Wilson's at-bats,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.

Phillies RHP Tyler Phillips (0-0, 2.25) opposes Oakland RHP Mitch Spence (5-5, 4.29) in the second game of the three-game series on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Phillies: 77.1%

Athletics: 22.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marsh struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wilson to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Marsh hit for Pache
	9th Inning	Marchán popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Wilson singled to center.
	9th Inning	Stott struck out swinging.

Statistics

OAK		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
138	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	7
39	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
3.3	Runs Created	2.9
.229	Batting Average	.207
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.314	Slugging Percentage	.241
.200	Secondary Average	.276
.308	On Base Percentage	.361
.622	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.602
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
35.0	Batter Rating	17.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.67
.086	Isolated Power	.034
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.194
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.3	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0