OAKLAND, Calif._The Oakland A's injury problems had seemed to be getting better, but that took a turn for the worse Tuesday in an 11-9 loss to the Miami Marlins.
Starting pitcher Jesse Hahn had to come out of the game in the third inning because of what the club called a right triceps strain.
First baseman Yonder Alonso had to be lifted after being hit on the right wrist by a pitch in the sixth inning. The A's described it as a right wrist contusion and said X-rays taken of the wrist and hand were negative.
Both injuries are potentially seeing the players heading to the disabled list. Oakland has already used the DL 13 times in 45 games. And after setting an Oakland record with 27 uses of the DL last year, the A's are on track for 46 uses this year.
If the A's need to replace Hahn in the rotation, there is some comfort in that Jharel Cotton, who began the season in the rotation, is 2-0 at Triple-A Nashville with a 2.25 ERA and is coming off seven scoreless innings in his most recent start.
Oakland would not necessarily go for a replacement at first base with Ryon Healy able to man the position, but Nashville first baseman Matt Olson has been mashing the ball with a .281 average, 11 homers and 31 RBI.
Despite the final score, the sluggest was far more one-sided in favor of the Marlins. The A's had just eight hits, one of them a three-run homer by Ryon Healy after a couple of walks and another a two-run Rajai Davis homer in the ninth. The Marlins, on the other hand, had 19 hits, four more than any Oakland opponent had put together this season.
After a two-out infield single from Healy in the ninth, the A's brought the tying run to the plate in the person of Stephen Vogt. He struck out.
Although Hahn's delivery seemed to be fine during an at-bat by Miami's Christian Yelich, manager Bob Melvin and trainer Nick Paparesta visited the mound with Marcell Ozuna batting. Hahn and Paparesta exited while Melvin called rookie Bobby Wahl in to pitch.
The A's have already had five starting pitchers on the disabled list in the first seven weeks of the season. Chris Bassitt is recovering from Tommy John surgery, Kendall Graveman missed 10 day with a right shoulder strain, Sonny Gray missed April with a right shoulder strain, Sean Manaea missed 16 days with a left shoulder strain and Daniel Mengden went on the DL to start the season after needing right foot surgery.
Graveman, Gray and Manaea all have returned to active duty. Mengden has been taken off the disabled list and assigned to Triple-A Nashville.
Alonso had missed all four games of the A's long weekend series against the Red Sox with his knee problem, but proclaimed himself healthy. And so he proved to be when he produced the A's first run with his 13th homer, tying Khris Davis for the team lead in his first at-bat back.
Alonso was batting as the potential tying run with the A's down 8-5 when he was hit on the wrist by reliever Jarlin Garcia. Alonso seemed to be done as he walked to the dugout, but he came back a few moments later and ran the bases as a single by Vogt cut the deficit to 8-6.
When the seventh inning started, however, Mark Canha had moved from center field to first base with Rajai Davis coming in to play center.
The A's had a chance to get back into the game in the seventh after having scored twice in the sixth. Down 9-6, they loaded the bases on a couple of walks and a dropped pop fly from second baseman Dee Gordon. But Davis and Healy, who'd hit a three-run homer earlier, couldn't come up with the needed offense.
