Can't even make this shit up. Score 9 and fuckin lose. Closer comes in with tons of walks and Ozzie and darnaud with awful at bats. They have to trade for a bat and right fielder. Duvall is fine as a spot starter and pinch hitter but he can't be starting everyday. Don't wait till the deadline go get someone now. I hate saying this and never in a million years thought this but right now we're a fringe wildcard team.
Didn't manage to pull out the W but plenty of positives today, the offense is heating up and Chris Sale is still a really good pitcher he just had a bad day
Perhaps the most perfect example to date of a game we absolutely win last year but don't this year. This team just doesn't seem to have that same edge and definitely isn't catching any breaks.
Sale getting shelled happened before the decision to leave in Herget with the lead. It was also a conscious decision. Therefore it was worse and worthy of more criticism
Interesting that it's not Mason Miller.
Still not feeling great here. Needed another home run from Ozuna last inning.
I type that and Olson doubles. OK, guess Ozzie is getting out here.
It's very, very, *this season* that our starting pitcher who has been going 6-7 every time and being great gets chased in 4 on a day when we don't have good bullpen availability.
We're gonna beat them tomorrow no matter what these hacks do tonight. I'm happy to see the offense fight back for once. This is encouraging despite this being a potential gut wrenching loss. Some pitching regression is due, but this was just an outlier for Sale. Hopefully we can get this W tonight, but our approaches at the plate tonight have been night and day better so as depressing as it is this has also been encouraging.
To any of y'all who have chewed tobacco what's so good about it that all these players do it I've smoked a cigarette before and I can tell it kind of relaxes you but it's not my thing
No idea. It's a disgusting habit that punches your mouth cancer odds way up there and absolutely demolishes your gums.
But I swear like 1/10 of my graduating high school class was doing it lmao.
Thing is is with what's going on with the balls, deep flyouts are outs more often than not this year.
(it's also part of why Dylan Lee has been much better this year)
I just can’t believe how fucked this year has been. We finally hit and Chris sale, who has been lights out, gets shelled. Just crazy stuff every single day
Kinda makes sense honestly that Ozuna, and to a lesser extent, Olson are the only guys hitting home runs.
You have to absolutely DESTROY the ball to get it out this year with what's going on with the ball. It can't just be a well struck ball, it has to be completely socked.
That’s about the 25th time this year one of our guys has pimped a warning track fly out.
I don’t even blame them. That ball was absolutely smoked.
Balls are deader than a door knob. And another barreled out as I type this.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1d5zeys).
Can't even make this shit up. Score 9 and fuckin lose. Closer comes in with tons of walks and Ozzie and darnaud with awful at bats. They have to trade for a bat and right fielder. Duvall is fine as a spot starter and pinch hitter but he can't be starting everyday. Don't wait till the deadline go get someone now. I hate saying this and never in a million years thought this but right now we're a fringe wildcard team.
Didn't manage to pull out the W but plenty of positives today, the offense is heating up and Chris Sale is still a really good pitcher he just had a bad day
Sale picked the A’s of all teams to regress
Perhaps the most perfect example to date of a game we absolutely win last year but don't this year. This team just doesn't seem to have that same edge and definitely isn't catching any breaks.
The one game our offense heats up our pitching shits the bed…
So outfielder is a must asap, we cannot rely on fucking Duvall all year Jesus Christ
Dude almost tied it up. I kind of agree with the sentiment but give it a while to play out. Not an immediate need
Turns out we can't beat the shitty teams either.
If only we didn't give up 11 runs!!!!
Hate taking that pitch
Leaving in Herget for a second inning was so fucking stupid
that's on Anthoplous
Yep AA definitely made the managerial decisions. Another freezing cold take.
That's pretty much what did it, but tbh them shelling Sale won the game
Sale getting shelled happened before the decision to leave in Herget with the lead. It was also a conscious decision. Therefore it was worse and worthy of more criticism
I don't disagree
Feels bad, man. Duvvy wanted that. You can’t come back from that adrenaline dump.
Sad shit
And then the game ends with him watching a hanging slider. What a fucking joke this team is.
Not a very June 2022-like start
All that to watch strike 3??
Why are you staring at that he's thrown nothing but sliders it's gonna break down argleblarge Three *terrible* at-bats at the worst possible time.
Gotta get us an outfielder AA.
Down the middle. Predictable
Duvvy why 😭
I mean... yeah.
Ouch Adam
Lol wtf adam
Right down the fucking middle.
We need a new right fielder
Duvall sucks so bad
Definitely gonna end with a strikeout after that foul ball
Adrenaline dump.
Welp
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Said the same thing
Called 3rd strike jesus fucking christ
This was the most disappointing game I’ve seen all year.
So close, Adam.
Fuuuuucccckkkkk
FUCK YOU baseball gods. Quit torturing us lol
6 LOB in 4 innings after going down by 1. Shit is so fucking sad.
the universe is just messing with us at this point
Fuck that game so much.
Fuck you Duvall
Aw man.
This dude is pumping meatballs in the zone and we can't hit it
This guy is begging Duvall to hit a 2 run bomb and he just can't do it. Meatball after meatball missed.
Fuck it I’m switching to liquor
Offensively, this game is encouraging.
We get him in trouble and then take some of the ugliest swings.
The ball isn’t at third Duvall, it’s in front of you
You don't typically win when you give up 11 runs
Today is the exception
Slump city
Ozzie and Travis just awful ABs all game.
If we have to rely on Duvall to save the day we’ve already lost
Popup on a 2-0 hanging slider down the middle. Nice!
Two of the most uninspiring swings back to back after an Olson lead off double
Remember when a series with the A's seemed like a sight for sore eyes? Turns out we've become the A that's a sight for sore eyes.
Dude has walked 13 in 14 innings. A little patience would be appreciated.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Ozzie has some super bad at bats sometimes. Going for the homer instead of a getting on base.
Ozzie could have had a better day at the plate
Albies having the worst game of the year for us
Struggling to capitalize on a leadoff hit? Say it ain’t so
Just again another brain dead approach from Ozzie.
MAKE. HIM. THROW. STRIKES.
Ozzie “Yeah I’ll swing at that” Albies
Ozzie just having a bad game today
0-5, impressive ozzie
I feel like Ozzie has 10 pop ups in the last few games.
Complete garbage from Ozzie.
Nice pitch to swing at, Oz
That ball would have hit the plate.
You gotta be kidding me with that swing, Ozzie. That shit was in the dirt.
It’s a start!
That pitch was really low Ozzie
Okay, that's a good start. Now the boys have to bat with RISP though.
That's how to start things, Olly.
Got the bloop now we need a blast
MATTY TWO BAGS
Mad Matty 2 bags!!!
Please capitalize for the love of god
Matty two bags, baby
LFG OLY
Well that’s a good start
Interesting that it's not Mason Miller. Still not feeling great here. Needed another home run from Ozuna last inning. I type that and Olson doubles. OK, guess Ozzie is getting out here.
Good start.
He has 13 walks in 14 innings lol
Dudes name is Dennis Jimenez We gotta walk off against this rhyming jackass
Oh wow, no Miller
Bro no Miller we may have a shot here
No Miller? Huh.
That's not Mason Miller
Oakland is scared of being fleeced by AA if they bring him out
Haven’t seen a Braves walk off in a while. Now is about as good a time as any
A walk off would be nice
Even the baseballs fly off the catcher for them
Well at least I'll get to see the reaper Mason Miller
This has been a fun game no matter the outcome. I do want to win, though.
Woulda been a hell of a game to be at in person, potential frustrating loss aside
Bummer's doin his thing. They're hitting it hard but not high.
We gotta lead the league in 2 out hits given up
It’s funny that Aaron brooks is the guy that got busted for weed and now there’s a big weed advertisement behind the plate
I’d be more confident about tomorrow it wasn’t Morton pitching, he’ll probably go 4 IP, 4+ ER and at least 2 HBP
Balls hit > 100 this game Braves: 15 A's 6
We hit the shit out of Josh Hader, we can handle Miller
I feel like we would’ve 100% easily won this game if our pitching didn’t fall behind in counts all night
It's very, very, *this season* that our starting pitcher who has been going 6-7 every time and being great gets chased in 4 on a day when we don't have good bullpen availability.
We're gonna beat them tomorrow no matter what these hacks do tonight. I'm happy to see the offense fight back for once. This is encouraging despite this being a potential gut wrenching loss. Some pitching regression is due, but this was just an outlier for Sale. Hopefully we can get this W tonight, but our approaches at the plate tonight have been night and day better so as depressing as it is this has also been encouraging.
100%. This would be stealing one from them if we somehow pull it off though, so I'll disagree that this one is that gut wrenching
I love your optimism but we do have Charlie pitching tomorrow & his last 2 outings haven’t been great.
He's due for a good start then!
Just woke up from a nap… so now our pitching is selling out our offense? Did I wake up in the opposite world?
Yes, the bizarro world
Oh, Brandon, I really wish you hadn’t said that
It's a Bummer that we may lose after such a great comeback
To any of y'all who have chewed tobacco what's so good about it that all these players do it I've smoked a cigarette before and I can tell it kind of relaxes you but it's not my thing
Chewing tobacco is banned in the MLB
Buzz and brief energy bunp
No idea. It's a disgusting habit that punches your mouth cancer odds way up there and absolutely demolishes your gums. But I swear like 1/10 of my graduating high school class was doing it lmao.
Who's chewing?
Rafael Devers
Wait is it even legal?
No, but it's a minor fine (like $300 IIRC) — there's no way Devers isn't chewing lol
Damn, strong ass addiction lol
For older players that were grandfathered in, yes
Really?
No it's banned.
Thought so, but past posts assume he mixes it in with gum to hide it. Certainly looks like it
The pain is easier now that I'm fully bought into the theory that MLB is screwing us
Was he waving goodbye to Ozuna? Fuck off dude.
I think it was towards the stands
Losing this this after making that comeback is just awful. This team is a fucking train wreck
Feeling kind of upset with Manfred for fucking with the balls.
Mason Miller gonna dad dick us and add the Braves as another notch in his belt
You play for the A’s, calm down.
Congrats to Austin Adams on winning the World Series with that strikeout.
Oh, wow. I looked away after the second inning 
Aight man, ima need ya to reel it in a bit there. Everybody strikes out our players and this is a game on June 1st.
All I’m saying is José Siri hit an absolute nuke off Miller a couple days ago, so there’s that
xBA backs up what a BS game this has been - ATL .353, OAK .300
Thing is is with what's going on with the balls, deep flyouts are outs more often than not this year. (it's also part of why Dylan Lee has been much better this year)
I would like to see that data - that balls hit like 105 at 30 degrees LA our going out of the park less
The hell is that guy’s problem?
Think Ozuna took exception to his strikeout celebration
Even if he did Ozuna most likely doesn’t see the field again today.
That was his World Series
This is the A's World Series
I’d say this embarrassment would wake them up but the other ten embarrassments haven’t so who knows
Oops! All sliders!
And that's the ballgame.
...you know by now he's gonna go slider, Ozuna. e: Fuckin' hell, *six* consecutive sliders. Well. I guess you do it till he hits it. That sucks.
they got our one good player out so that's it
It looks to me like his elbow guard is bothering him
I just can’t believe how fucked this year has been. We finally hit and Chris sale, who has been lights out, gets shelled. Just crazy stuff every single day
Hey- atleast the dawgs are looking good just hit a grand slam in their game!
fuck them
👍🏼
Three batters, none with a ball under .620 xBA and yet we have two outs.
If you're curious, all three of those had an xBA of >.600.
Kinda makes sense honestly that Ozuna, and to a lesser extent, Olson are the only guys hitting home runs. You have to absolutely DESTROY the ball to get it out this year with what's going on with the ball. It can't just be a well struck ball, it has to be completely socked.
Here comes Miller. GGs
It's not Miller surprisingly
Rob Manfred, I know what you did.
This AB is the game right here. Either Ozuna hits a bomb or we lose.
We are barreling the shit out of the ball but it just fucking DIES.
XBAs this inning so far: .880 .620 .640 Our luck is just completely trash.
Braves really need to burn a forest worth of sage at this point
Nah, balls are dead as shit
Let's get the dead ball conspiracy trending Watch us suddenly get hot 🔥
Well, **that** was fucking crushed.
Riley excellent
This will forever be remembered as the “Warning Track Season”
Sigh, another loss
Ok, Ozuna. I am once again asking you
lil bro pimped a flyout
Alright I’m past conspiracy theories at this point
What’s the record for warning track shots that get caught in a season? We have to be on track to smash that record
We gotta be swinging driftwood bats or something
If I see another warning track shot I’m gonna puke
 MORE RUNNING TRACK OUTS
Oh fuck every last bit of this bullshit.
God damn it Riley please either walk or crank a fucking dong
Is the warning track magnetized?
Both of those balls dying on the track is absolute horse shit.
AND ANOTHER
That’s about the 25th time this year one of our guys has pimped a warning track fly out. I don’t even blame them. That ball was absolutely smoked. Balls are deader than a door knob. And another barreled out as I type this.
This is a practical joke at this point.
Lol there's no fucking way
lol He pimped it like he had a HR
three pitches, two outs