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With the trade deadline approaching, the Oakland A’s could use some bullpen help. They never got a single pitch from their expected closer due to injury, and in the meantime three other arms have done almost all of the heavy lifting in the late innings.
Let’s consider what the A’s already have. Who has been their best reliever lately? Is it
Lou Trivino, who should have been an All-Star? Or
Jake Diekman, after last year’s breakout performance? Or the quietly effective
Yusmeiro Petit? To find out, we need to invoke the classic Mystery Player game. Here are their stats going back two months to May 25, along with one more Mystery Player.
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It only took 21 hours for the Oakland A’s to sweep the Los Angeles Angels this week.
The A’s beat the Halos 6-0 on Tuesday afternoon, wrapping up a quick two-game series at the Coliseum. The first game began last night at 6:41 p.m. PT and Oakland won, and then the final out of today’s rematch was squeezed at 3:39 p.m., a couple minutes shy of 21 hours later.
Not only did the Angels never score in this one, they didn’t even reach third base. They put a few runners on against starter