Well that is a game that the A’s will need to quickly just forget about. Wednesday night sure wasn’t the Athletics night as they were limited to only four hits and were shut out 4-0 by the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. The first four batters of the lineup struggled as they went a combined 0-15 with one walk.
Greg Smith pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up seven hits and four runs. Smith dropped to 4-6 on the season. Smith could have tossed a one hitter and gave up one run and he still wouldn’t have came away with a victory in this game though. That is how bad the offense was.
Chad Gaudin, Santiago Casilla, and Andrew Brown all finished things up after Smith left the game. All three relief pitchers did a good job and held the Phillies to four runs.
The A’s better gett he bats going on Thursday afternoon or they will find themselves losing two of three to the Phillies.
