Morgan (1-5) allowed five earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one across four innings to take the loss Thursday against the Athletics.
Morgan retired the side in order in the first inning but ran into trouble thereafter. Though he kept the ball in the yard, The young righty clearly wasn't sharp as he hit two batters in addition to the three free passes he issued. Morgan was coming off consecutive quality starts prior to Thursday's appearance, during which he allowed a combined four earned runs across 13 innings with a 12:2 K:BB. After this poor outing, he has a 6.52 ERA across 48.1 innings on the campaign.