{"id":7525,"date":"2026-06-18T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/as-fall-in-12-4-blowout-as-pirates-tee-off-on-starter-returning-from-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:01:59","slug":"as-fall-in-12-4-blowout-as-pirates-tee-off-on-starter-returning-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/as-fall-in-12-4-blowout-as-pirates-tee-off-on-starter-returning-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019s fall in 12-4 blowout as Pirates tee off on starter returning from injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!--[--><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><svg><title>Key Takeaways<\/title><defs><lineargradient><\/lineargradient><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>Key Takeaways<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our AI Policy.<\/p>\n<ul><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Civale was charged with six runs while working three innings in his return.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Pittsburgh amassed 16 hits and every starting batter got at least one hit.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>The A\u2019s lost 12-4, falling to 36-38 while the Pirates rose to 38-37.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The first pitch of Athletics starting pitcher Aaron Civale\u2019s return from injury Wednesday looked good. It was a fastball on the corner of the zone taken for a strike by Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Spencer Horwitz.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/rocklin-office-buildings-to-house-placer-sheriff-public-services-after-13m-deal\/\">Rocklin office buildings to house Placer sheriff, public services after $13M deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The second \u2014 a fastball Horwitz hit about 100 mph for a double to right field \u2014 was the start of a Pirate plunder at Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be the last or second-to-last two-bagger of the inning, nor the last Horwitz would hit off Civale on Wednesday, and it set the tone for a rough, 12-4 defeat for the A\u2019s while souring Civale\u2019s return that was expected to aid a battered A\u2019s pitching rotation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The loss kept the A\u2019s (36-38) below .500 and pushed the Pirates (38-37) above .500 as Pittsburgh won the series finale to take two out of three games.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just got to be better,\u201d Civale said postgame. \u201cMissing locations on pitches, didn\u2019t minimize how I should and wasn\u2019t as efficient as I should have been. So I have to evaluate what happened, flush it and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Pirates amassed 16 hits, with every starter in the lineup getting at least one.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s didn\u2019t get their first hit until the bottom of the fourth inning and a late push led by a two-RBI single for Jacob Wilson and solo home runs from Henry Bolte and Zack Gelof proved too little too late to chip away at the Pirates\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Civale\u2019s ERA balloons after tough start<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In Civale\u2019s three innings of work, it seemed like anything the Pirates put in play would land for a hit.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Pirates scored five runs off nine hits, four of which were doubles, in just the first three frames. A walk of Pirates second baseman Brandon Lowe to lead off the fourth inning led to a sixth run being attributed to Civale, after Ryan O\u2019Hearn homered off A\u2019s reliever Jose Suarez.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think there was just a lot of balls that missed middle-middle,\u201d A\u2019s manager Mark Kotsay said postgame. \u201cFor Aaron to be successful, he\u2019s got to have the mix to keep (hitters) off balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The tough outing raised Civale\u2019s season ERA from 4.20 to 4.91 and was the third straight start where the 31-year-old right-hander surrendered at least five earned runs. Before those three starts, Civale held a 2.70 ERA and a 5-1 record.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Civale was recovering from right shoulder tendonitis, which landed him on the injured list in late May. He threw 4 1\/3 scoreless frames in a dominant rehab start with the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators last week, but was still on a pitch count Wednesday, Kotsay said before the game. He was officially recalled early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Civale said postgame that he was physically feeling fine, saying his injury didn\u2019t play a factor in his performance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Medina, Bolte were bright spots for A\u2019s<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>With A\u2019s ace Luis Severino still likely weeks out from an IL return, the team was hoping Civale could add a consistent veteran presence to complement three young stars in Gage Jump, Jack Perkins and J.T. Ginn as well as veteran lefty Jeffrey Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/no-robot-or-ai-instructors-bill-would-mandate-csu-courses-be-taught-by-humans-2\/\">No robot or AI instructors: Bill would mandate CSU courses be taught by humans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Civale\u2019s early exit forced the A\u2019s to use three bullpen arms across six innings \u2014 with both Jose Suarez and Luis Medina throwing more than two innings.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they\u2019re doing well out there, it\u2019s great, but they\u2019ve been doing a big part of the workload,\u201d Civale said of the bullpen. \u201cHopefully I can be better next time I\u2019m out there to make sure that many innings don\u2019t have to be covered by them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A\u2019s reliever Scott Barlow struggled mightily in the top of the seventh inning after retiring the final out of the sixth. Barlow allowed a home run, a single and two hit by pitches without recording an out, bringing Medina in with bases the loaded and no outs.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Medina allowed four runs to score, three of those credited to Barlow, but was able to bear down to finish the rest of the game \u2014 striking out four Pirates in the last two frames while hitting 100 mph on a fastball in the ninth. Before last week\u2019s outing where he surrendered six runs in an inning to the Colorado Rockies, Medina\u2019s ERA had held around 3.00, though that has inflated to over 4.50.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking for consistency, and I think that\u2019s his biggest challenge right now,\u201d Kotsay said of Medina. \u201cThe last hitter of the game is my expectations of how he should throw the ball from pitch one \u2014 100 mph fastball to get to two strikes, a 90 mph split. If you watch the replay, it\u2019s probably the nastiest split throw in the season. That\u2019s who he can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>While the A\u2019s largely struggled against Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft \u2014 who improved to 6-3 and a season ERA of 3.18 after throwing six innings while surrendering one earned run \u2014 there were some bright spots offensively.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Bolte homered in the bottom of the seventh and nearly did so again in the ninth; Gelof\u2019s bottom-of-the-ninth-inning four-bagger extended his MLB-best hitting streak to 21 games; and catcher Jonah Heim got on base in his first three at-bats of the game, hitting two singles.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Some of the A\u2019s star hitters struggled, with first baseman Nick Kurtz striking out three times, though he did single and score a run in the sixth. Outfielder Lawrence Butler struck out swinging in all four of his at-bats.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime we get behind offensively against a good arm, it\u2019s tough to get back into the game,\u201d Kotsay said. \u201cI was proud of the guys for putting a rally together there, getting a couple runs. We just couldn\u2019t hold it there with the bullpen tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Pride Night at Sutter Health Park<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s celebrated Glenn Burke Pride Night on Wednesday. The late Burke, who played the last two seasons of his career for the Oakland A\u2019s in 1978 and 1979, came out as gay in 1982 after retiring, becoming the first former Major League Baseball Player to do so.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s did not wear alternate uniforms or hats specific to Pride night, though Sutter Health Park on its scoreboard display showed a message reading \u201cWelcome to Pride Night\u201d against a rainbow backdrop. Sacramento LGBT Community Center\u2019s chief operating officer, Francesca Slater, also threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s next for A\u2019s?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Next up for the A\u2019s is a four-game series against their American League West foes, the Los Angeles Angels (30-45), at Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s game starts at 6:40 p.m., with electric lefty Gage Jump expected to toe the rubber for the A\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/legislature-keeps-hand-grenade-corporate-tax-proposal-alive-for-next-governor\/\">Legislature keeps \u2018hand grenade\u2019 corporate tax proposal alive for next governor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>June 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Civale\u2019s return ended early as the Pittsburgh Pirates pounded the A\u2019s 12-4 at Sutter Health Park, handing the Athletics a tough home series loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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