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- Updated: August 23, 2016
OAKLAND — A’s shortstop Marcus Semien was not with the team during Monday night’s 1-0 loss to the Indians night, as he joined his wife, Tarah, for the birth of their first child that afternoon.
The A’s are unsure whether Semien will be placed on the paternity list.
Semien’s baby boy, Isaiah, was born around 5 p.m. at a Bay Area hospital, according to A’s manager Bob Melvin. Semien had previously texted Melvin at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning to tell him the couple arrived at the hospital, and later sent a follow-up message to Melvin saying he wouldn’t be at the Coliseum on Monday.
“Which doesn’t surprise you from him, because he was probably trying to keep out hope that maybe she had the baby and he’d be able to get here somehow,” Melvin said light-heartedly before the game. “My advice to him was to stay at the hospital.”
Semien had played in every game this season, leading the Majors in games played. He’s appeared in 126 straight games dating back to last season, the A’s longest streak …
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