Will the Athletics Push the Braves Deeper into a Crushing Losing Spiral?

The Athletics were never really expected to be great this season, and one major losing streak really did the most damage to the club’s chances this year. They are 38-55 for the season, and most of those losses have come at “home.” This season, we’ve seen the Athletics play 46 games in their minor league, temporary field that they don’t even acknowledge in their team name. In those games, the Athletics are just 17-29. The good news for the Athletics is if they can figure out their pitching situation, they should have the ability to make at least a run at a Wild Card spot next year. The pitching staff for the A’s has a team ERA of 5.28 and a 1.46 WHIP. Those numbers won’t lead to a winning club. Today they send out Mitch Spence, who is the owner of a 4.06 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP. This will be just his fourth start of the season, but he has been used as a long reliever type for a lot of the year. Of appearances with at least four innings thrown, of which there are seven, he has allowed three or more earned runs in three of them. He has never faced the Braves lineup, so he could have a chance to work through once with a bit of an edge. 

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