We’re finally here, folks. The final series of the season. The Athletics will wrap up their year at home in Sacramento with three games against the Kansas City Royals. Not much left to play for except pride.
The squad will turn to rookie right-hander Mason Barnett for tonight s contest. It’ll be his fifth start with the A’s and he brings a 7.56 into this one. It hasn’t been the best first taste of the big leagues for Barnett but he’a pitched better each time he’s pitched so hopefully he can put together a quality outing today in his last assignment of the year.
Here’s how the lineup looks for the first game of the final series:
The Royals will be sending their prized young starter to the mound when lefty Noah Cameron gets the ball for his final assignment of his rookie year. The rookie has been everything the Royals could have hoped for and then some. In 23 games the 26-year-old has pitched to a fantastic 2.90 ERA and has arguably been their best starter all year. The Athletics have already met the rookie starter when he fired five scoreless innings back in mid-June. The A’s will hope for a bit of payback this evening.
Kansas City’s lineup for the first game of the series:
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