Baseball- A's switch 投手 Venditte 最高の,を越すs D-支援するs for 1st 勝利,勝つ

Aug 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Oakland's Pat Venditte took a piece of history away from his first Major League victory Sunday.

The switch 投手 threw two scoreless innings in the 運動競技のs' 7-4 勝利,勝つ over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Chase Field, 利益ing when shortstop Marcus Semien's two-run 選び出す/独身 broke a tie with two outs in the 11th inning.

"To get this first one was very special," Venditte said. "I'm sure it will 沈む in somewhere on that flight now, but 権利 now we are just happy to get that 勝利,勝つ today."

Venditte, 29, began pitching with both 手渡すs at age three with his father's 激励, and he became the first true switch 投手 in the modern 時代 when he joined the A's in June.

Greg Harris threw with both 手渡すs in one game for the Montreal Expos in 1995.

"This is probably the best moment of his career, no 疑問," Oakland 経営者/支配人 (頭が)ひょいと動く Melvin said.

Venditte pitched a 1-2-3 10th inning, and the A's got three runs on four (テニスなどの)シングルス and a 攻撃する,衝突する batsman with two outs in the 11th to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Brad Ziegler (0-2).

Third baseman Danny Valencia and first baseman Stephen Vogt 選び出す/独身d before catcher Josh Phegley was 攻撃する,衝突する by a pitch to 負担 the bases.

Semien grounded an opposite-field 選び出す/独身 to 権利 field to break a 4-4 tie, and second baseman Eric Sogard followed with a run-得点する/非難する/20ing sing le off 権利-hander A.J. Schugel.

Venditte gave up a leadoff 選び出す/独身 in the last of the 11th before retiring the next three. He is 1-2 with a 3.31 ERA, and lefties are 1-for-20 against him this season. He got both lefties he 直面するd Sunday.

"It's incredible what he does," Vogt said. "Sure, there are other people out there who can throw with both 手渡すs, but how many people can pitch at the major league level 首尾よく with both 武器?"

Vogt had three 攻撃する,衝突するs, 含むing a ホームラン, as Oakland (57-74) won its first series since taking three of four against the Houston Astros from Aug. 6-9.

Left fielder David Peralta had three 攻撃する,衝突するs and a ホームラン for Arizona (63-67), which has lost six of its last seven.

Inciarte 選び出す/独身d and 得点する/非難する/20d the tying run on a Peralta sacrifice 飛行機で行く in the ninth inning, and Inciarte 貿易(する)d words and gestures with Drew Pomeranz after the Oakland left-hander threw three pitches that were high and inside.

"It is not fun when a guy is throwing at your 長,率いる," said Arizona 経営者/支配人 半導体素子 Hale, who went の上に the field to speak to Inciarte.

"If you can't pitch inside, you shouldn't throw inside. That is 容認できない. Hopefully, we will get some new 支配するs where if that ball is around his 長,率いる, he gets thrown out of the game automatically."

(収集するd by Peter Rutherford)

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