{"id":671853,"date":"2026-04-09T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:00:21","slug":"as-outfielder-brent-rooker-exits-game-vs-yankees-in-1st-inning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671853\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;s outfielder Brent Rooker exits game vs. Yankees in 1st inning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/oakland-athletics-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics<\/a> right fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/brent-rooker-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Rooker<\/a> exited Thursday\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yankees<\/a> after feeling pain on a swing in the first inning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/nick-kurtz-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Kurtz<\/a> on first base, Rooker fouled off an 84.2 mph changeup from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/ryan-weathers-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Weathers<\/a>, took a step toward home plate and winced after feeling something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">He was checked out by a trainer and manager Mark Kotsay and then replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/lawrence-butler-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence Butler<\/a>. Butler took a called third strike on the next pitch and the at-bat was charged to Rooker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Rooker hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/david-bednar-2-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Bednar<\/a> to give the A\u2019s a 3-2 win on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Rooker is hitting .146 this season with two homers and seven of his eight RBIs in the previous three games before Thursday. Last season, Rooker hit .262 with 30 homers and 89 RBIs when he appeared in every game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">AP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Athletics right fielder Brent Rooker exited Thursday\u2019s game against the Yankees after feeling pain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[537,5,545,1100,4810,19,4,1690,62,2548,2547,459,1073,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-671853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-athletics","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-brent-rooker","11":"tag-david-bednar","12":"tag-lawrence-butler","13":"tag-major-league-baseball","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-yankees","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkyankees","19":"tag-nick-kurtz","20":"tag-ryan-weathers","21":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116376294128897122","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}