Oakland A’s lose to Dodgers, but Kyle Muller sharp in Cactus League debut.
Oakland Athletics pitcher Kyle Muller throws from the mound during defense practice of day seven of spring training at Lew Wolff training complex in Mesa, Ariz., on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Muller, a key piece to the prospect package the A’s received from Atlanta in the Sean Murphy trade before last season, is out of options, so he’ll have to break camp with the team or possibly be lost to a waiver claim.
Muller allowed just two hits against the Dodgers, but one was a solo home run to Redwood City’s James Outman. The homer is notable because Muller struggled to keep the ball in the ballpark last season — he allowed 16 in 77 innings and at one point allowed at least one homer in nine straight appearances — and Outman bats left-handed. If Muller doesn’t claim a spot in the rotation he’d need to show he can consistently get left-handers out as a reliever.
The A’s offense for the second time in two spring games was mostly silent. The A’s, after collecting three hits in a 5-1 loss to the Rockies on Saturday, had five hits, and four of those were singles. Hoy Park, a candidate to fill the Tony Kemp utility role, doubled home Jacob Wilson, the A’s first-round pick last June, to end the Dodgers’ shutout bid in the top of the seventh. Park scored on a wild pitch.
— On-base machine Zack Gelof started both the games over the weekend and reached base in both games. He was out of the game when younger brother Jake, the Dodgers’ second-round draft pick last June, struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning.
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