On Monday, August 5, Brent Rooker's Oakland Athletics (46-67) host Andrew Vaughn's Chicago White Sox (27-87) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:40 PM ET.
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Where to Watch Athletics vs. White Sox
- Date: Monday, August 5, 2024
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- TV Channel: MLB Network
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- Location: Oakland, California
- Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
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Pitching Matchup
Athletics: JP Sears
- JP Sears (8-8 with a 4.53 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 119 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Athletics, his 23rd of the season.
- In his most recent outing on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants, the lefty threw seven scoreless innings while surrendering three hits.
- In 22 games this season, the 28-year-old has a 4.53 ERA and 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .257 to opposing hitters.
- Sears has seven quality starts under his belt this year.
- Sears will try to last five or more innings for his seventh straight start. He's averaging 5.4 innings per outing.
- He has made six appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
White Sox: Jonathan Cannon
- Jonathan Cannon (1-5 with a 4.11 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 70 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the White Sox, his 12th of the season.
- In his last appearance on Wednesday, the righty went seven innings against the Kansas City Royals, giving up one earned run while surrendering one hit.
- The 24-year-old has put together a 4.11 ERA and 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 13 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .262 to his opponents.
- Cannon is looking to earn his third quality start in a row in this game.
- Cannon will try to build on a seven-game streak of going five or more innings (he's averaging 5.4 innings per appearance).
- In two of his appearances this season he has not surrender an earned run.
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Team Comparison
| Athletics | White Sox | |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Runs Scored (PG) | 3.1 |
| 4.7 | Runs Allowed (PG) | 5.3 |
| .231 | Batting AVG | .217 |
| .256 | Batting AVG Against | .252 |
| 146 | Home Runs | 96 |
| 115 | Home Runs Allowed | 148 |
Athletics Offensive Leaders
- Rooker's batting average this season is .290, and he has a .365 on-base percentage and a .591 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 30.3%, and his walk rate is 10.1%. He has 28 homers and 81 RBI, plus 55 runs scored and seven stolen bases on eight attempts.
- So far this season, JJ Bleday's batting average is .242, to go along with a .321 on-base percentage and a .438 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 18.2%, and his walk rate is 10.1%. He has 13 homers and 38 RBI, plus 50 runs scored.
- Shea Langeliers' current batting average is .210, and he has 21 home runs and 57 RBI, plus 40 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 28.5%, and his walk rate is 6.8%. He has a .268 on-base percentage, and a .447 slugging percentage.
- The Athletics' Lawrence Butler is hitting .246, with a .778 OPS (.312 on-base, .466 slugging). His strikeout rate is 27.7%, and his walk rate is 8.8%. He has 12 home runs and 35 RBI, plus 34 runs scored and eight steals on eight attempts.
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White Sox Offensive Leaders
- Vaughn, who has a .235/.291/.391 triple slash this season, has tallied 40 runs, 50 RBI, and 13 home runs in 426 PAs. His walk rate is 6.3%, and his strikeout rate is 22.5%.
- In 359 plate appearances, Gavin Sheets has posted a batting average of .214 with an OPS of .644 (.298 OBP; .346 SLG) this season, while blasting seven dingers with 27 runs and 31 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 9.7% clip and striking out 21.4% of the time.
- This season, the White Sox's Andrew Benintendi sports a .205/.259/.328 slash line, and he's launched nine homers with 27 runs scored and 33 RBI. He's walking and striking out 6.7% and 18.1% of the time, respectively.
- At the dish, Nicky Lopez has posted a batting average of .239 with an OPS of .596 (.310 OBP; .287 SLG) this season, while slugging no homers with 27 runs and 15 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 7.9% clip and fanning 14.6% of the time. On the basepaths, he's stolen five bags on 11 tries.
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