It was a milestone day for Ryu. The 36-year-old left-hander threw 77 pitches in his seventh start after beginning the season in the minors. That’s one more start than Ryu had in 2022, when his season was cut short in June due to
“He’s been pitching a long time for a reason,” said
Pérez’s sixth home run of the season ended a 5-for-27 skid and accounted for the only A’s runs scored off Ryu (3-2), who allowed five hits and had five strikeouts with one walk. The loss was his first since
Smith, called up from the minors before the game, added a three-run homer off
“It feels great,” said Smith, who is in his third stint with the A’s big league club this season. “Especially when you come up, you want to try to make as early of a contribution that you can. Obviously, I haven’t as well as I’ve wanted to when I’m up here. You have to make some contributions or you’re going to find yourself back down. “
“We don’t really have too many games left,” Ryu said through a translator. “I’m not speaking just for myself. Every game’s going to be very important for us moving on, and we need more wins than ever.”
A’s starter JP Sears (4-11) pitched five uneven innings and earned his first win since
“I don’t know if he had his best stuff today, but that’s the competitor that we talked about,” A’s manager
Ryu began the game by retiring nine of the first 10 batters he faced before running into trouble in the fourth, despite a great defensive play by first baseman
After
Pérez was also part of Oakland’s three-run sixth, when he and
“Mason looked great. The juices were definitely flowing,” Kotsay said. “Injuries have been a part of his career, and to see him overcome it this year, get back on the mound ... his last pitch of the game was (a 102.4 mph fastball), and he asked to go back out.”
Dany Jiménez followed Miller and allowed one run in one inning.
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