Game #1, Athletics vs. Blue Jays Game Thread
Luis Severino gets the Opening Day nod for the Athletics against the reigning American League champion Toronto Blue Jays | Dennis Lee-Imagn Images The day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. A’s Opening Day baseball is hours, minutes or just seconds away. Granted, it’s not “our” opening day at “our’ our ballpark, we’ll have to wait another week for that celebration, but it is the start of the most promising season in recent memory.
There’s a buzz around this team that I haven’t sensed in a while, and it will all get started today as the reigning American League champs host our A’s for the weekend! Let’s hope that watching the Blue Jays hoist the American League Pennant will serve as even more motivation for this young and uber-talented team to take their play to the next level. Taking the mound for the A’s today will be Luis Severino.
The 32-year-old righty hopes to improve upon a rough first season in the Kelly-green and gold where he went 8-11 with a 4. 45 ERA in 162 innings. He ended last season with a definite upswing and pitched well in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) this spring, so there is reason for optimism.
Severino will go up against 35-year-old righty Kevin Gausman. He finished the year with a 10-11 record over thirty-two starts. He logged a 3.
99 ERA with 189 strikeouts for the Jays. Gausman will face off against this lineup for Mark Kotsay’s A’s tonight at the Rogers Center in Toronto: Game 1 👊 pic. twitter.