Brent Rooker Taking A Seat Against Padres
6 months agoOakland Athletics outfielder/designated hitter Brent Rooker will take a day off in Wednesday's series finale against the hosting San Diego Padres. Rooker is one of the team's better hitters, but he's gone cold so far in the month of June and is batting .189 (7-for-37) with two homers, five RBI, four walks and 16 strikeouts in 10 games since the calendar flipped to June. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Tuesday night's walk-off loss in San Diego and will now get a mental day off. JJ Bleday is serving as the DH on Wednesday and will hit second, while Daz Cameron enters the lineup in center field and in the seven-hole for the A's against Padres right-hander Michael King. Bleday had two hits on Tuesday night but is hitting just .184 (7-for-38) with a homer, two RBI and nine K's in 10 games in June.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com