Cease allows career-high 9 earned runs, A’s top Padres 10-4 for first win at Sutter Health Park
WEST SACRAMENTO Calif AP Dylan Cease gave up a career-worst nine earned runs and JJ Bleday and Gio Urshela had three RBIs each as the Athletics rode a six-run first inning to beat the San Diego Padres - on Tuesday night for their first win in five games at their temporary Sutter Robustness Park home Cease - wasted a - lead gave up six runs with two outs in the first and allowed nine runs nine hits and three walks in four innings as his ERA rose to He had allowed eight earned runs for the Chicago White Sox against Oakland on Aug San Diego put center fielder Jackson Merrill on the -day injured list with a right hamstring strain before the tournament then saw Fernando Tatis Jr and Jake Cronenworth leave after appearing to get hurt on swings Cronenworth came out of the challenge in the third inning and Tatis in the fifth The A s are playing the first of at least three seasons in the home of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats and intend to move to a new ballpark in Las Vegas they hope will open in They had been the last winless organization at home this season and they ended an eight-game losing streak against the Padres Manny Machado hit his first home run of the season in the first off Jeffrey Springs - as San Diego built a lead Yuli Gurriel hit an RBI double after starting for against left-handers Bleday had a two-run double in the bottom half and scored on Miguel Andujar s single Urshela hit a two-run double and scored on Max Muncy s single Left fielder Oscar Gonzalez allowed Jacob Wilson s single to roll past him for a two-run error in the fourth and Wilson scored on Urshela s double Bledey homered in the seventh off Yuki Matsui Wilson had three hits and is batting His -game hitting streak at the season s start is the A s longest since Billy Butler in Key moment A s Nos - batters combined to go for with eight RBIs and eight runs Key stat Cease gave up his majority of earned runs in career starts Up next Randy V squez - ERA will start Wednesday s third and final tournament of the series for the Padres Osvaldo Bido - takes the mound for the Athletics AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source