Lopez takes the mound against the rival Astros
As Major League Baseball celebrates Juneteenth and the Athletics celebrate African American Heritage Night at Sutter Health Park, the A’s hope to squeeze out a series split against the Houston Astros tonight. After taking the first game of the series on a walk-off bomb by Nick Kurtz, Houston has totally dominated the next two games, outscoring the A’s 24-7.
Taking the mound tonight for the A’s is 27-year-old lefty Jacob Lopez. He’s 1-4 on the season with a 4.80 ERA and forty strikeouts in nine appearances (five starts) and a total of thirty innings. He has never faced the Astros before in his three MLB seasons. Lopez will go up against 26-year-old lefty Colton Gordon for Houston. Gordon, a rookie, is 2-1 on the season, with a 4.70 ERA in six starts. He’ll face this lineup for Mark Kotsay’s A’s:
Lopez will go up against this lineup for the first place Astros:
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