Springs is dominant in his Athletics debut!

Opening week continues in major league baseball tonight in the Pacific Northwest as the Athletics took on the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. In game two of the four-game set, A’s newcomer Jeffrey Springs faced 32-year-old righty Luis Castillo for Seattle.

Both starters cruised through the first three. Springs faced just one over the minimum walking one batter and striking out four, while Castillo gave up just one hit and two walks. Then in the top of the fifth inning the contract extensions at the top of the order paid their first regular season dividends. With two outs, Lawrence Butler doubled, and Brent Rooker launched his first homer of the regular season giving the A’s a 2-0 lead.

Springs lost his no-hit bid during the bottom of the fifth when Mitch Garver led off with a single, and Jorge Polanco followed with a single of his own. Dylan Moore singled to centerfield, and with Garver trying to score from second, JJ Bleday nailed him at the plate with a great throw and tag by Langeliers. Bleday ended the inning for Springs with a nice sliding catch on a line drive by J.P. Crawford. Springs continued dealing in the sixth, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

With one out in the top of the seventh, Jacob Wilson singled, and Lawrence Butler walked. Brent Rooker struck out on a chin high fastball. JJ Bleday blooped an infield single scoring Wilson from second and moving Butler to third. Shea Langeliers singled into the centerfield gap scoring Butler and moving Bleday to third. Tyler Soderstrom continued to rake with a ground-rule double into the right field stands. That drove in Bleday and moved Langeliers to third. Pinch hitter Miguel Andujar walked to load the bases. But Gio Urshela popped out to right fielder Victor Robles to end the inning. But not before the A’s jumped out to a 5-0 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh. Springs work was complete, ending the day with a line of six innings, three hits, one walk and nine strikeouts. It was an impressive first outing in an A’s uniform.

Justin Sterner made his A’s debut in the bottom of the seventh. He walked the first two batters he faced. Polanco grounded into a force out at second for the first out. Donovan Solano struck out for the second out of the inning. T.J. McFarland replaced Sterner and promptly struck out pinch hitter Luke Raley to end the inning.

Max Muncy led off the top of the eighth inning with his first major league hit, a home run deep into centerfield. That brought the score to 6-0.

Rooker singled for his second hit of the game. Bleday singled, sending Rook to third. Langeliers grounded into a force out to end the inning. Mitch Spence came in to pitch the eighth inning. With two down in the inning, Julio Rodríguez got his first hit of the season, a single to right field. But Spence struck out Cal Raleigh to end the inning.

The scoring didn’t end in the eighth when Luis Urías pinch hit for Gio Urshela and parked a no-doubter in the left field seats. That brought the score to 7-0 A’s. Spence slammed the door in the ninth to lock up the win for Springs. That evens the A’s early season record to 1-1.

Two games remain on this road trip before the A’s christen their new home, Sutter Health Park in Sacramento.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's losing streak continued on Wednesday.

Hours after Republicans in Wisconsin lost a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin where Musk spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money, shares of his flagship electric car company fell upon news that it had badly missed Wall Street estimates for the number of vehicles it had delivered in the first quarter of 2025.

As reported by Market Watch, Tesla revealed that "it delivered more than 336,000 vehicles during the first quarter, down from 387,000 deliveries a year ago."

To put this number into context, Market Watch notes that it "was well below the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of 404,000 vehicles" and it "was also lower than the 'whisper' number, or what Wall Street was quietly expecting, with even the most bullish analyst projecting a number in the 360,000 range."

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Although Tesla blamed the disappointing deliveries on what Market Watch describes as "the changeover to refreshed Model Y production lines" that "led to several weeks of lost production," it's also a reality that the company has been the target of a concerted boycott campaign led by progressive groups to protest Musk's role as the head of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Sales of Tesla in Europe have fallen off a cliff in recent months, as car buyers on that continent have revolted against Musk's support for far-right political parties such as Germany's Alternative für Deutschland.