Friday, July 16, 2010
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Scratched from his last start, Greinke looks to win his fifth straight decision Friday night against the Oakland Athletics as they face the Royals for the first time this season.
Oakland also was without outfielder Coco Crisp for 70 games, catcher Kurt Suzuki) for three weeks and second baseman Mark Ellis for a month during the first half.
“In the second half, hopefully we’ll be able to keep everybody together and everybody healthy,” Crisp said. “We stand a good chance of making a push to the end and we’ll see what happens.”
The A’s will go with the inconsistent Gio Gonzalez in the opener. In a 6-2 loss to the New York Yankees last Wednesday, Gonzalez (7-6, 3.79) allowed five runs, eight hits and five walks in four innings.
