Sports want to avoid 9th straight loss Friday against Tigers

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The Oakland Athletics will attempt to break an eight-game losing streak Friday night when they proceed a four-game series versus the Detroit Tigers. Oakland dropped the opener 7-3 and suffered their 107th loss of the season. They are now simply one away from connecting the Oakland age record for losses in a period held up in 1979. The A's will certainly send out Ken Waldichuk to the mound to make Friday's begin. Waldichuk's period obtained off to a disastrous beginning, yet he has actually pitched far better down the stretch. He started September with 12 straight scoreless innings across two beginnings. Nevertheless Domingo Acevedo Jersey, he struggled last break where he adhered to an opener and enabled nine hits and 6 runs in simply 4 innings against the Padres. The Tigers will certainly go with right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long that will certainly make the 3rd begin of his profession. Gipson-Long made his major league launching on September 10 versus the White Sox and started out five while enabling two runs over five innings. He started out 11 and allowed just one run over 5 innings in his last beginning agains the Angels. Oakland handled just 5 hits in Thursday's loss. Brent Rooker struck his team best 28th crowning achievement of the season and drove in two of their three runs. Zack Gelof singled to expand his hitting streak to seven-straight games. Gelof is 9-for-25 throughout the streak with a dual and 2 crowning achievement. Game Info Video Game Date/Time: Friday Zack Gelof Jersey, September 22 Felipe Alou Jersey, 6:40 p.m. PDTLocation: Oakland Coliseum Mitch Spence Jersey, Oakland, CaliforniaTV: NBCSCAStreaming: MLB.tvRadio: A's Cast Coco Crisp Jersey, KIQI 1010, Bloomberg 960 AM/ 103.7 HD2

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