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13 hours ago
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Kotsay details Wynns' mentor role after big homer in Athletics' win Athletics manager Mark Kotsay speaks with the media after this team's 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday at Kauffman details Wynns' mentor role after big homer in Athletics' win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area 2:35 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Associated Press
5 days ago
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Nick Kurtz hits a solo homer to rally the Athletics to a 3-2 win and sweep of the Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Kurtz hit a solo ninth-inning homer to rally the Athletics to a 3-2 win and three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Kurtz hit Carlos Estévez's (2-2) fastball 411 feet to right-center for his sixth home run. It gave the Athletics their first sweep at Kauffman Stadium since September 2016. T.J. Ferguson (2-2) retired all four batters he faced, striking out two to earn the win and Mason Miller struck out two for his 14th save. The Royals matched their longest losing streak of the season while dropping all six games of their homestand. Kansas City has lost six straight home series. Austin Wynns hit a two-run homer to left-center off reliever John Schreiber, tying the game 2-2 in the sixth. It was Wynns' fifth home run and second in five games since his acquisition from the Cincinnati Reds. Royals starter Noah Cameron struck out seven in five scoreless innings. After Kyle Isbel doubled off first baseman Kurtz's glove to open the third, Bobby Witt Jr. snapped an 0-for-16 slump with an RBI double and moved to third on Jeffrey Springs' balk before scoring on Vinnie Pasquantino's single for a 2-0 lead. Key moment With the Athletics trailing 2-0 in the fifth, Lawrence Butler hit a two-out double, and then was caught stealing third to end the inning. Butler was initially ruled safe by third base umpire Adrian Johnson, who quickly changed his call, prompting an unsuccessful argument from A's manager Mark Kotsay. Key stat The Royals have been outscored 44-15 in the sixth inning. Up next The Athletics host the Houston Astros on Monday to open a four-game series. RHP Seth Lugo (3-5, 3.18) opens the Royals road series in Texas on Tuesday. ___ AP MLB:
Reuters
02-06-2025
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A's 3B/LF Miguel Andujar (oblique) likely heading to IL
June 2 - Athletics third baseman/left fielder Miguel Andujar sustained right oblique discomfort in Sunday's game and likely will be placed on the injured list, manager Mark Kotsay said after the 8-4 loss to the host Toronto Blue Jays. The team said Andujar, 30, was hurt while taking a swing and will have an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of the injury. Andujar exited in the bottom of the fifth inning and was replaced at third base by Max Schuemann. Andujar has gotten on base on a fielder's choice in the top of the fifth and later scored on Luis Urias' double. Andujar went 0-for-2 with one walk and the run. He is batting .296 with three home runs, 20 RBIs, a .328 on-base percentage and .402 slugging percentage in 46 games. A career .276 hitter, Andujar has 46 homers and 199 RBIs in 419 regular-season games with the New York Yankees (2017-22), Pittsburgh Pirates (2022-23) and Athletics (2024-present). He was second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2018 when he batted .297 with 27 homers and 92 RBIs in 149 games with the Yankees. --Field Level Media
New York Post
27-05-2025
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A's manager Mark Kotsay has long, embarrassing journey in awkward ejection
For once, someone may have missed the Coliseum. Athletics manager Mark Kotsay had to make a 330-foot-plus walk of shame after being ejected from Sunday's win over the Phillies since the home team clubhouse at Sutter Health Park — a minor-league park in Sacramento serving as the team's temporary home — is located beyond the outfield walls. While almost all his fellow managers can just retreat through their dugout to the clubhouse, Kotsay instead had plenty of time to think about his ejection in the seventh inning of a 5-4 win. Advertisement 4 On the bright side, Kotsay got his steps in for the day. @uprootedoakland/X 'It's long. It's long, definitely,' Kotsay said with a laugh. 'There was a moment where I thought, should I jog? And then I thought, actually no, I think (Phillies starter Jesus) Luzardo could use a little break.' The Athletics are playing in Sacramento while they prepare for their eventual move to Las Vegas and their home games are hosted at the home of the Giants' Triple-A affiliate. Advertisement Minor-league parks are not as lavish as major-league ones, which can create the awkward situation like the one that unfolded Sunday. In a 3-3 game in the seventh, Kotsay earned the booth for disagreeing with a first-pitch strike call against Miguel Andujar with two on and two outs. 4 Kotsay yelling at umpire Roberto Ortiz. Getty Images Advertisement Kotsay noted in the ex-Yankee's previous at-bat, Andujar also disagreed with a call and the manager said to let him know if he felt a wrong call had been made so he could take it up with umpire Roberto Ortiz. Andujar felt the first pitch in the seventh missed but it was ruled a strike. Kotsay argued the call from the bench before being ousted, and he then walked to the plate to let Ortiz hear it. Kotsay's outrage included some finger pointing. 4 Mark Kotsay did some finger pointing. @uprootedoakland/X Advertisement 'I was obviously frustrated with the first call, I expressed that, but I was more frustrated in the reaction that I got back from the umpire,' Kotsay said. 'And that's what we kind of talked about. I made sure that he was aware that I was frustrated with how he treated me. I know he's frustrated with my disagreement in the balls and strikes, which he's perfectly allowed to be, but I think we agree to disagree in that situation.' Kotsay then made the trek down the left field line toward the wall, walking 330-something feet. 4 On the bridge side, the Athletics won. @uprootedoakland/X The game had to be paused while he walked, with some of the fans giving him an ovation. One reporter told Kotsay he clocked him walk at 48 seconds. The A's eventually rallied for two runs in the eighth to end their 11-game losing streak. Kotsay watched the end of the game in the training room. Advertisement 'No one in that room was happy about losing 11 straight games and there's obviously emotion that's pent up,' Kotsay said. 'Sometimes, that volcano erupts. There was nothing preconceived, there was no thought process, it was just reactionary to the moment in the game. It was a big moment in the game. 'I think I've grown up a little bit as a manager over the last three years, calmed down in certain ways and been able to be a better communicator and today I wasn't maybe the best of communicators to the umpire.'
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
Athletics hits new low as ejected manager Mark Kotsay is left humiliated by temporary minor league ballpark
Often referred to as the 'walk of shame,' the unceremonious departures of ejected baseball managers are usually quick journeys from home plate to the dugout. But in West Sacramento, where the migrating Athletics are playing for three years en route to their new Las Vegas home, that walk is considerably longer. As manager Mark Kotsay discovered Sunday, ejected managers in West Sacramento will need to hoof it about 330-feet to their respective outfield corners in order to access the clubhouse. So when Kotsay was tossed in the seventh inning of Sunday's game against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, the game needed to pause briefly as he exited stage left (field). The A's, who were on an 11-game losing streak, took a 3-0 lead in the first inning but were tied 3-3 at the time of the ejections in the seventh. They went on to a wild 5-4 victory over the Phillies to snap their skid. Kotsay said something from the dugout after the first pitch from Jesús Luzardo to Andujar, a sweeper near the bottom of the strike zone, was called a strike despite appearing to be outside. Kotsay came out of the dugout to continue the argument and motioned with an arm at Ortiz following his 15th career ejection, the first for the A's this season. Kotsay then had to make the long walk down the warning track along the third-base side to the clubhouse behind the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park, the team's temporary home for at 2025-28. 'I was more frustrated in the reaction that I got back from the umpire,' Kotsay said. 'And that's what we kind of talked about, and I made sure that he was aware that I was frustrated with how he treated me. I know he's frustrated with my disagreement in the balls and strikes, which he's perfectly allowed to be, but I think we agree to disagree in that situation.' Andujar took another strike, then struck out swinging on the third pitch. He motioned at Ortiz with an arm and also was tossed. 'For Andujar, he felt the next pitch was in the same location, maybe even a little higher, called for another strike. And then he chased the fastball up,' Kotsay said. 'So there's a lot of frustration in there and I think that came out and it's OK.' Bench coach Darren Bush took over as acting manager to get the win. The A's had not lost 12 straight games in a season since 1994. Prior to the season, the Athletics moved about an hour east from Oakland to the Sacramento area, where they will be based in a minor league ballpark for the next three seasons while hoping a more permanent home in Las Vegas will be ready in 2028. The A's now play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, a 14,00-seat park they share with San Francisco's Triple-A River Cats.
