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- Updated: August 22, 2016
CHICAGO — Chad Pinder’s second big league game brought about a bag of mixed results, notably his first career hit in Oakland’s 4-2 loss against the White Sox on Sunday afternoon.
The A’s No. 9 prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com, legged out an infield single in the seventh inning to reach base for the first time in his young Major League career, but he was also responsible for extending the bottom of the first inning and allowing the White Sox three runs than they should have not scored.
The rookie infielder’s low throw to first baseman Yonder Alonso on the back end of a potential inning-ending double-play ball off the bat of Jose Abreu set the stage for consecutive hits from Justin Morneau and Todd Frazier that brought in three runs.
“It was just a little bit of a low throw,” Pinder said. “Obviously I gotta get that up to him, …
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