Athletics vs Cardinals Game Thread

Sears hopes to pave the way back to the win column

The St. Louis Cardinals visit the Oakland Athletics today at the Coliseum for the second game of the interleague three-game set. The A’s dropped the opener 3-1, with Ross Stripling falling to 0-4. The A’s hope that lefty JP Sears will keep the momentum going after a great win last Thursday against the reigning World Series Champion Texas Rangers. Sears tossed six + shutout innings in that matchup, his best outing of the young 2024 season. Sears will face 31-year-old Lance Lynn for the Cards. Lynn seems to have regained his form after a rocky 2023 season split between the White Sox and Dodgers. This will be his fourth start of the season.

Lynn will face an A’s lineup that looks like this:

JP Sears will face a Cardinals lineup that shapes up like this:

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Rest in Peace: Whitey Herzog

The Cardinals lost a legend today when former Manager Whitey Herzog passed away. He managed the Cardinals for parts of 11 seasons from 1980-90, leading the team to three National League pennants and the 1982 World Series title. ‘Whiteyball’, as it came to be known in St. Louis, placed an emphasis on strong pitching and defense, speed on the basepaths, and contact hitting. He was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. Herzog played for the Kansas City Athletics briefly from 1958 to 1960.