导出博客文章KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Oakland Athletics dread facing left-handed pitchers.The
As have lost 18 of their past 24 games in which the opposing club starts a
left-hander. They are 15-23, a .395 winning percentage, the worst in the majors
when opponents start a southpaw.The As will see one of the best left-handers in
the American League Tuesday night when the Kansas City Royals will start Danny
Duffy, who is 11-2 with a 3.13 ERA, while striking out a team-leading 167 in 155
1/3 innings. He has struck out 10 or more in three games, including fanning 10
Minnesota Twins with no walks in six innings in his previous start, a
no-decision.Duffy is undefeated in five career outings, four of them starts,
against Oakland. He is 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA vs. Oakland, working one scoreless
inning in relief on April 16.Plus Duffy is undefeated at Kauffman Stadium this
year, 6-0 with a 3.38 ERA. His last home loss was Sept. 5, 2015. Duffys seven
victories since the All-Star break are tied for the second most in the majors,
despite not winning since Aug. 21.Duffy has held left-handed hitters to a .177
batting average, which is first among AL pitchers who have faced at least 100
lefty swingers.The Royals are desperate for a victory to keep in the American
League playoff race. They are four games in arrears in the AL wild-card
standings with 19 games remaining. Plus they must climb over five teams to get
to the second wild-card rung, a formidable challenge.It means were playing
meaningful games, Royals manager Ned Yost said. We still feel like were in it.
It makes the season more exciting than when youre not in it and its great for
the fans.It was not exciting for the Royals players or great for the fans on
Monday night, as the last-place As thrashed the Royals 16-3. Six Royals pitchers
combined to not only give up 17 hits, an As season high, but also walked 10. Two
of the hits were a pair of three-run homers to Khris Davis and Marcus Semien.Its
great to have a game like that, As manager Bob Melvin said.Yost said it is easy
to forget a game like that.These games are easy to turn the page, a lot tougher
than losing a one-run game or a game in extra innings, Yost said. We just got
beat. We didnt play good; we didnt pitch good and we got beat.The As will start
right-hander Jharel Cotton, who limited the Los Angeles Angels to one run and
two hits over 6 1/3 innings in his major league debut Wednesday. He struck out
three and walked two. Cotton is one of the three players the As received from
the Los Angeles Dodgers for Josh Reddick and Rich Hill. In six starts with
Triple-A Nashville, Cotton went 3-1 with a 2.82 ERA. Overall, with Nashville and
Oklahoma City, he was 11-6 with a 4.31 ERA in 28 games, 22 of them starts. He
led the Pacific Coast League with a career-high 155 strikeouts.
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League results - Night Ten James Wade 7-4 Raymond van Barnveld Gary Anderson 3-7
Phil Taylor Robert Thornton 5-7 Michael van Gerwen Adrian Lewis 6-6 Peter Wright
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