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The Athletics are in freefall, 41-51 and 5.5 games back in the division with just one game left in the series — they need momentum before the first half ends. Young phenom Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, crushing the ball with a .500/.616 OPS, got the call-up but finds himself on a team in its worst slump. Health issues are compounding the woes: Nick Kurtz and J.T. Ginn both exited games due to illness, and pitcher Jeffrey Springs is in freefall, now 0-7 with the league’s worst home run rate. It’s a brutal mix of injuries, slumps, and poor pitching — and the team’s got serious work to do if they want to salvage this season.

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