Kotsay says Oakland A’s rookie has ‘some similarities’ to one of MLB’s best lefties
OAKLAND – A’s left-hander Ken Waldichuk had a solid outing Wednesday against one of the most potent lineups in baseball – with the exception of two loud at-bats.
Waldichuk, a Saint Mary’s College alum making his first start in Oakland, gave up a two-run homer to Vaughn Grissom in the fifth inning and a solo homer to Dansby Swanson in the sixth. Both came on four-seam fastballs, Waldichuk’s favorite pitch Wednesday, but he also mixed in change-ups and sliders to improve upon his MLB debut on Sept. 1 in Washington.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 07: Atlanta Braves’ Vaughn Grissom #18 is congratulated by Michael Harris II #23 after hitting a two-run home run off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Ken Waldichuk #64 in the fifth inning of their MLB game at the Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022.
Against the Nationals last week, Waldichuk allowed five hits and had six strikeouts over 4⅔ innings. Kotsay said before the game that it was going to be important for Waldichuk to command his fastball early. Stephen Vogt and Ramón Laureano both had RBIs in the first inning when they drew three walks and made Braves starter Spencer Strider throw 36 pitches. Strider, though, settled down and had nine strikeouts on 103 pitches over six innings, as he improved to 10-4 on the season.
Kirby Snead replaced Cyr with one out and one on in the seventh and gave up singles to Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna before former Athletic Robbie Grossman ripped a two-RBI double to right field to give the Braves a 6-2 lead.“Unfortunately, we knew Robbie’s better against left-handed pitching and he came up with a big hit,” Kotsay said. “and the inning kind of opened up there.”
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