Oakland, which was last in the American League in most team categories a year ago, scored 12 runs on 11 hits and drew a whopping 10 walks.
A’s prospect Lawrence Butler rips a two-run double that capped a 6-run fifth inning as Oakland beat Arizona 12-7 in the spring training opener Saturday at Salt River Fields in Arizona. .MESA, Ariz. — Following a disappointing year, the Oakland A’s are embarking on a new season with an abundance of new faces looking to introduce themselves within a new environment.
Jace Peterson, a 32-year-old free agent from Milwaukee, and 22-year-old rookie Lawrence Butler, two of those new faces, played key roles in a six-run fifth inning that broke the game open for Oakland. “It was good just to be back out there and compete and get the spring rolling,” said Peterson, an infielder who signed a two-year, $9.5 million contract in the offseason. “It was a good first day and good stuff to build off of.
“The pitchers should be ahead of the hitters at this point,” Kotsay said. “Big emphasis is just being fundamentally sound. Watching guys go out and how they take their at-bats and how they perform defensively.”Saturday also marked the first time Oakland experienced the new rules being implemented into MLB this season, including the pitch clock. Both pitchers and position players alike agreed the more uptempo pace of play the pitch clock enables will be something to get used to.
“It was definitely a little bit of an up-beat pace out there,” Sears said. “There were times where I did feel a little rushed, but that’s just part of spring training, that’s why we have this time to get adjusted to it. I think the more and more the catchers can catch all the different pitchers that will be easier, too. That was first time catching me.
“It’s going to take some time to get used to,” Kotsay said. “Here we had a 19-run, 23-hit game in still kind of under . Normally, these types of games take a lot longer, but you can already see the impact, I think.”Sears and right-hander Freddy Tarnok piggybacked each other Saturday for their first appearances of the spring, a pairing Kotsay had set for the first game earlier in the week.
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