{"id":266464,"date":"2026-04-14T01:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266464\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:01:15","slug":"as-hope-familiarity-in-sacramento-boosts-home-record-as-las-vegas-move-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266464\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019s hope familiarity in Sacramento boosts home record as Las Vegas move nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 The Athletics are hoping familiarity will help them flip the script at home this season as they continue playing in Sacramento while awaiting their move to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Playing in a new ballpark is rarely easy, and the A\u2019s said last season\u2019s transition was especially challenging in a Triple-A stadium. The club was one of only three Major League Baseball teams that won more games on the road than at home.<\/p>\n<p>A&#8217;s are hoping familiarity will help them flip the script at home this season as they continue playing in Sacramento while awaiting their move to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen you go from a big league stadium to a minor league stadium that first year is going to be tough,\u201d outfielder Lawrence Butler said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know what to expect \u2014 how the clubhouse is going to be, the locker rooms, the field. You have to get accustomed to it and get used to it. I feel like this year we\u2019re all used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Players said that lack of uncertainty is a major difference from a year ago, when routines, facilities and the playing surface were all new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere\u2019s no unknowns this year,\u201d designated hitter Brent Rooker said. \u201cWe know what the routine looks like, what the daily schedule looks like. We\u2019re very familiar with all of that now, so there\u2019s not going to be any surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Shortstop Jacob Wilson said the team believes experience can turn the park into an advantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe know what to expect now,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cNow we get to use the field in our favor because we know what it\u2019s like now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">There were some signs of progress at the plate last season, with the A\u2019s batting 14 points higher at home. But pitching was a problem in Sacramento. The team posted a 4.96 ERA at home compared with 4.42 on the road, and opponents slugged .455 in Sacramento compared with .407 away from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The A\u2019s said improving at home will be essential if they want to contend while they remain in Sacramento for at least two more seasons before the planned move to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 The Athletics are hoping familiarity will help them flip the script at home this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-266464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}