Game # 37, Athletics vs. Phillies Game Thread

The Athletics will finish off the three game series with the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon before continuing this road trip in Baltimore. The A’s squandered a (lower case) quality start by Jeffrey Springs yesterday to add to a 1-4 last five games at home and on the road.

But they hope to turn that around when J.T. Ginn gets the start for the A’s today.  Ginn is 0-1 with a 4.30 ERA over five starts and eight overall appearances in 2026.  He’ll go up against 23-year-old righty Andrew Painter for Philadelphia.  He is 1-3 on the season with a 5.28 ERA over twenty-nine innings. He will face this lineup for Mark Kotsay’s A’s: