PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 14: Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies follows through on a swing against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 14, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) OAKLAND, Calif. - Kyle Schwarber homered on the first pitch of the game, J.T.
Realmuto and Alec Bohm also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.Oakland lost its third in a row following a season-high, seven-game winning streak.
At 19-53, the A’s are just above Kansas City (18-51) for worst record in the major leagues.A day after Nevada enacted $380 million in public financing for a ballpark for the A’s, the game drew 16,084 to the Oakland Coliseum, the team’s fifth-largest home crowd this season.
Oakland is proposing to move to Las Vegas after its Coliseum lease expires at the end of the 2024 season. The A’s entered the day averaging a major league-low 8,363.Taijuan Walker (7-3) allowed one run and seven hits in a season-high eight innings.