Wittgren (2-5) was charged with his fifth loss of the season Tuesday night after allowing one unearned run in one inning of work while walking one and striking out one in Cleveland's 4-3 loss to Oakland.
Wittgren was called upon to start the 10th inning against the Athletics on Tuesday night. With ghost runner Elvis Andrus lurking behind him, the right-hander got off to a good start with a strikeout of Mark Canha before Starling Marte moved Andrus over to third on a groundout. After Wittgren intentionally walked Matt Olson, Jed Lowrie came through with an RBI double to give Oakland the lead. Although Wittgren would limit the damage to one run, it was all the Athletics needed to secure the win. While the 30-year-old does sport an inflated 4.79 ERA, his 49:9 K:BB means he's at least finding the zone.