Saturday was certainly the night of Bailey Ober, as the righty put up historic numbers in a win over the Oakland Athletics.
pounded the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon in Oakland by a score of 10-2. With the win, the Twins are 42-35 on the year while the A's dropped to 29-50.
While the offense was great for Minnesota, the real story was the historic pitching performance of right-hander Bailey Ober. Ober threw a complete game in the win, striking out 10 and walking none. He allowed just two earned runs in moving to 7-4 on the year. He lowered his ERA to 4.50.86- Reggie Cleveland 89- @Twins Bailey Ober 86- Reggie Cleveland Ober was able to get ahead in counts, control the zone and then put hitters away. Four different A's hitters struck out multiple times in the contest.
The 28-year-old Ober is in his fourth career big league season. Lifetime, he's 19-16 with a 3.86 ERA. He has now struck out 83 batters in 82.0 innings this year. His contributions are even more valuable given that the Twins lost ace Sonny Gray in free agency over the offseason. Furthermore, Anthony DeSclafani underwent elbow surgery before the season started.
The Twins will take on the A's again on Sunday afternoon with first pitch coming at 4:07 p.m. ET. Pablo Lopez is set to face off against lefty Hogan Harris.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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