The A’s drop series opener to the Cards 6-4
Springs hit hard in the first
Shea Langeliers rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth inning at Sutter Health Park. | Getty Images After a 3-3 six-game road trip, the Athletics return home tonight to take on the National League Central’s St.
Louis Cardinals. Jeffrey Springs will take them mound tonight for the A’s against Andre Pallante for St. Louis.
The Cardinals teed off against Springs starting with the lead-off batter. Four hits and a walk later the Cardinals put a four-spot on the scoreboard in the first. It took Springs 32 pitches to get out of the inning.
In the bottom of the second, Darrel Hernaiz singled, and after fouling a pitch off his ankle Jeff McNeil singled also. Nick Kurtz made it three in a row and his came with an RBI. Shea Langeliers drove in both McNeil and Kurtz with a double to the wall.