JUNE 13, 2021 • MLB.COM
Bolaños, Hernández do heavy lifting for 'pen OAKLAND -- Over the past week, the Royals have had just two starters pitch six innings or more during the West Coast trip that ended Sunday...
Jesus Luzardo - Struggles out of pen again Luzardo allowed two earned runs on two hits and a walk over 1.2 innings in a win over the Royals on Saturday. He struck out one.
Impact Luzardo ended up affording the Royals their only two runs of the game when Kelvin Gutierrez tagged him for a 378-foot shot in the eighth with Carlos Santana aboard. After firing four scoreless frames across his first two appearances since returning from the injured list as a reliever, the young southpaw has given up multiple earned runs on four home runs over the 4.2 innings covering his last three trips to the mound.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Skye Bolt - Slugs first big-league homer Bolt went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over the Royals on Saturday.
Impact The 410-foot shot to center field in the eighth inning was Bolt's first career major-league round tripper. The 27-year-old did strike out in his other three plate appearances, however, giving him four punchouts over his first 10 big-league PAs this season.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Ramón Laureano - Might not require rehab stint Manager Bob Melvin said Sunday that the team has not decided if Laureano (hip) will need to go on a rehab assignment before being activated from the injured list, Matt Kawahara of...
Impact The skipper said they'll wait to see how Laureano feels after he takes live at-bats and runs the bases Monday before deciding whether he needs to go on a rehab assignment. In either scenario, Laureano seems to have a strong chance of returning to Oakland's lineup at some point within the next week, assuming he doesn't suffer a setback in the coming days.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Tony Kemp - Remains in lineup against lefty Kemp is in the starting lineup Sunday against Kansas City, playing second base and batting ninth, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Impact Kemp has received the bulk of his starts against right-handed starters this season, but he'll get the nod against southpaw Kris Bubic on Sunday. Kemp has enjoyed a strong month of June so far, going 10-for-30 with a triple, homer, six RBI and eight runs scored across nine games.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Seth Brown - Not in lineup against lefty Brown is not in the starting lineup against the Royals on Sunday, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Impact Brown should continue to serve in the long side of a platoon in right field along with Stephen Piscotty, but it will be the latter getting the start against southpaw Kris Bubic on Sunday.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Mitch Moreland - Sitting against southpaw Moreland is not in the starting lineup Sunday against the Royals, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Impact Moreland started the middle two games of the four-game series at designated hitter, but will return to the bench Sunday against lefty Kris Bubic. Jed Lowrie will start at DH with Tony Kemp manning the Keystone in the series finale.
JUNE 13, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
