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How the A's Can Get the Most Out of Jacob Lopez, and Fast

Athletics On SI·Jason Burke·29 days ago
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With a tired bullpen and no long relief option available after Luis Medina threw 52 pitches on Thursday in addition to Brady Basso's 27, the A's decided to recall Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas ahead of Saturday's game, with Jacob Lopez getting the start . Basso was sent to Vegas as the corresponding move. While Lopez has been good about going at least five innings in each of his last three starts, he also entered the game with a 5.84 ERA on the year. If the A's were out of it on Saturday, the plan would be to deploy Morales to eat some innings and give the bullpen a brief respite . The young righty handled the final two innings of the A's 14-6 loss, giving up five runs. In his start, Lopez ended up going 5 1/3 innings against the Cleveland Guardians in the A's 14-6 loss, giving up eight hits, six earned runs, walking one and striking out five.…

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