Too Many Mental Mistakes Cost Oakland in The First Two Innings

Brett Anderson so far tonight has been tagged for six runs in less than an inning of work, but not all is his fault.

The first person to blame is Kurt Suzuki. This is one of the reasons why Suzuki even thought he has been tremendous defensively. He still has a lot to learn in regards to pitch selection. 

Scott Posednik led off the game with a single. So, the pitch selection that came into question is during the next at-bat with Gordon Beckham. Throughout the at-bat, it showed one thing that Beckham was concentrating and that is getting the ball to right field.

Anderson got the count to 1-2 on Beckham who had fouled off some pitches trying to take the ball to right field. So, instead of busting Beckham inside, the next pitch that comes over the plate ...

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