Beale to host tourney Sept. 7
The Beale Military Liaison Council will host the 10th annual Patriotic Golf Tournament on Friday, Sept. 7, at Peach Tree Golf & Country Club in Linda.
The charitable tournament will benefit the men and women of Beale Air Force Base, and the cost is $175 per golfer.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., opening ceremonies will be at 11:45 a.m. and a shotgun start is set for noon.
Lunch will be available, and an awards presentation and dinner is set for 5:15 p.m.
For more information, call 218-2121 or send an email to bmlc@gmail.com.
HOUSTON – Not much separated the A’s and Astros over a series with major playoff implications, but it was the Astros who came away extending their lead in the AL West.
Despite the troubling trend of Trevor Cahill’s bad road performances continuing, the A’s found a way to stay in the game. But the Astros were the club who found the clutch late hit this time around in Wednesday’s 5-4 victory as the A’s are now 2½ games behind Houston for first place in the AL West with 28 games to play.
“It was a spirited series. Really closely fought,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “Pretty evenly matched with both teams playing really hard and at this time of year if I’m a fan watching this game, it’s pretty entertaining.”
After a dramatic late-inning hit by Nick Martini stuck a dagger in the Astros the night before, Tyler White returned the favor with a walk-off homer off Jeurys Familia.
Cahill’s road struggles only got worse as he turned in his shortest outing of the season, giving up four runs, three earned, on five hits over 31/3 innings. His six walks issued were a season-high, and the most the right-hander has issued in a start since walking six back on Sept. 1, 2014 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The home/road splits for Cahill are truly one of the more bizarre stats in baseball this season. He’s been brilliant in eight home starts at the Oakland Coliseum with a 0.85 ERA. Everywhere else – he’s gone 1-3 with a 7.02 ERA over nine road starts. In 17 starts overall, he’s now 5-3 with his ERA up to 3.60 on the year.
“It’s gotten to the point where it’s more than just a coincidence. His numbers at home are fantastic. I know he loves pitching off that mound, got a lot of foul territory there and he’s had success,” Melvin said. “We’d like to see him get on a roll on the road, too, and you would think at some point it would even out. But to this point it has not.”
Cahill still doesn’t seem read too much into the total opposite numbers.
“I’ve never thought about it other than when you guys keep asking me about it,” Cahill said.