Jose Abreu

Petricka/Duke warming. Would like to see Jones in the 8th and, if we lead, Robertson obviously in the 9th

Great, feisty AB. Staying alive. Hope it pays off

One of my favorite Abreu memories is his clutch HR in Oakland in early 2014

Jersey sleeve is annoying Frazier

Last year, they'd walk Abreu to face LaRoche. Now, they pitch to him with Frazier on deck.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:09 PM) Is Rollins really a Hall of Famer? I feel like that's highly debatable. Yeah, I don't think he is.

Strike out if you have to, just no double plays. Abreu would love an AB with RISP

At least he's not diving headfirst into first anymore!

Yay, Eaton limping!

Jackson swung at ball four

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:04 PM) We've been no hit outside of the 3rd inning. :| Almost hard to believe with the hit by pitches.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:01 PM) Pitchers have much lower pitch counts early in the year. Not Sale. He threw 127 in April of 2014

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:00 PM) Still working out some kinks. One thing is for sure though, it's really nice to watch a real defensive CFer Aside from the dumb error he made...

RV usually pulls him in the 115-120 range, so I'd be shocked if they pulled him now

Lawrie was way too deep to call that and Jackson almost dropped the ball by immediately helping him up. Disaster averted.

HAHAHA WHAT was that

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 10:56 PM) It is nice to see Austin Jackson running those down FOR us now. Making up for the error. He's lucky it ended up not hurting it

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 9m9 minutes ago Oakland, CA Per A's broadcast, Sale is averaging 96 mph on FB, 87 on change and 80 on slider

Welcome, people who are now watching since Nova/UNC is over

couple strikeouts, nice comeback

Sale is just a better pitcher when he... doesn't get run support

Sale is rattled

Every time a grounder is hit to Semien, you just have this weird sense that there will be an error. He just fields... awkwardly

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 10:20 PM) Another question, why all Sale's runs earned but no RBI's for Melky on what would have been an rbi groundout? Melky's grounder was hit with 2 outs

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 10:20 PM) Sale looks like he's only throwing fastball/slider. Not a lot of changeups to break it up in there. Or should you say... not a lot of changeups to change it up in there?