(SportsNetwork.com) -The Oakland Athletics turn to streaking right-hander Kendall Graveman on Thursday afternoon as they try to sweep their four-game, home-and-home series with the San Diego Padres.
Graveman has lost just once since returning to the Athletics' rotation on May 23 and even that setback was a tough-luck 1-0 setback to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. He is 2-1 over his last five outings with a 2.20 earned run average and struck out seven batters around eight hits versus the Angels.
Graveman was credited with a complete-game loss in that outing, with his lone mistake a solo homer allowed to Albert Pujols in the first inning.
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Graveman (3-3, 4.22 ERA) went 1-2 with an 8.27 ERA in four April starts before being demoted to the minors, but the 24-year-old has had an impressive turnaround since being recalled May 23 and is coming off the best start of his young career.
The right-hander is 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA in his last five outings and allowed only Albert Pujols' first-inning homer in a complete-game, 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. It marked the first time he didn't allow a walk.
"Kendall's pitched some great games for us, but I don't know if any of them were better than that," manager Bob Melvin said. "The last three times out, he deserved to win every game he pitched. He was terrific."
Oakland had a season-worst two hits that night but seems destined to provide more support for Graveman this time around.
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Graveman (3-3, 4.22 ERA) went 1-2 with an 8.27 ERA in four April starts before being demoted to the minors, but the 24-year-old has had an impressive turnaround since being recalled May 23 and is coming off the best start of his young career.
The right-hander is 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA in his last five outings and allowed only Albert Pujols' first-inning homer in a complete-game, 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. It marked the first time he didn't allow a walk.
"Kendall's pitched some great games for us, but I don't know if any of them were better than that," manager Bob Melvin said. "The last three times out, he deserved to win every game he pitched. He was terrific."
Oakland had a season-worst two hits that night but seems destined to provide more support for Graveman this time around.
The A's won two of three meetings with the Padres in 2012 and are 8-2 in the last 10 encounters between the teams.
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