The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent quarterback Josh Johnson to compete for the backup position.
The team on Monday also officially announced the signing of cornerback Shareece Wright
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Cordarrelle Patterson to New England.
The Raiders will get the 159th overall pick in next month's draft from the Patriots in exchange for Patterson and the 210th overall pick.
Wright spent last season in Buffalo, where he had one interception and five passes defensed in 12 games.
Johnson is an Oakland native and was drafted by Tampa Bay in Raiders coach Jon Gruden's last season there in 2008. Johnson has spent time with 10 teams and
started five games. He has completed 96 of 177 passes for 1,042 yards, five
touchdowns and 10 interceptions and a 57.7 passer rating.
Johnson hasn't thrown a pass in the NFL since 2011 and will compete with Connor Cook to become Derek Carr's backup.
Everything was going Clay Buchholz’s way. Then, a swing-and-miss led to an injury that turned what could
have been a gem into a routine solid outing.
Buchholz lasted five innings before experiencing tightness in his left side, but the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh
Pirates with a 3-0 win Sunday.
The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced before Pirates centerfielder Starling Marte doubled down the right-field line with two out in
the fourth inning. Despite throwing just 53 pitches (42 strikes)
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pitch of his at bat in the top of the fifth.
”I’ve had oblique, whatever it is, before. It was a lot worse than this one,” Buchholz said. ”I went out (in the bottom of the fifth) and the last two outs,
that’s whenever I felt it a little bit more. I was just trying to get through
that inning. It’s more precautionary. I’ve gone through things before where I’ve
tried to get through it, pitch through it and go another inning, but that’s
always led me in the wrong direction.”
Lovullo said Buchholz (2-1)
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throughout Sunday. More information is expected Monday.
”He was attacking the zone with the fastball and driving his fastball on both sides of the plate, and then throwing some quality secondary stuff,” Lovullo
said. ”We want to give him a night to let everything calm down and evaluate
him.”
David Peralta’s 15th home run, which carried over the wall in right-center field before bouncing into the Allegheny River, and John Ryan Murphy’s ninth
powered Arizona to its 12th win in 16 games.
”It’s nice to get a couple runs in the first, always
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Brad Boxberger let up a single to Austin Meadows with one out in the ninth before forcing Marte into a double play for his 17th save.
Pirates right-handed starter Trevor Williams (6-5) took the loss after allowing the two-run home run to Peralta with two out in the first inning and a
lead-off solo homer to Murphy, which made it 3-0 in the second. Those three runs
came on five hits in six innings pitched with six strikeouts.
”Unfortunately, that was the game today,” Williams said. ”From there on, I thought I was making all my pitches and being successful the second time through
the lineup.”
Pittsburgh has scored eight combined runs during its current five-game losing streak after winning four of its previous five games.
”We’re going to keep playing,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. ”The season’s not going to stop. Nobody’s going to feel sorry for us. These guys are
working hard in here to get better. We haven’t gotten better.”
ROSTER MOVE
Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley was recalled from Triple-A Reno on Sunday morning. RHP Jake Barrett was optioned to Reno following the game Saturday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 1B Paul Goldschmidt was given the day off after homering and scoring three runs Saturday. INF Daniel Descalso took over at first base and hit
fifth.
Pirates: RHP Michael Feliz was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation on Sunday and recalled RHP Clay Holmes from Triple-A
Indianapolis. Holmes allowed one walk in two innings of relief.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (0-0, 0.00) is expected to come off the 60-day disabled list to make his season debut against the Marlins on Monday.
After undergoing Tommy John surgery for a torn UCL sustained last season against
the Los Angeles Dodgers
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starts, two with Double-A Jackson and two with Single-A Visalia.
Pirates: RHP Jameson Taillon (4-6, 4.03) will look to find some consistency when he starts against the New York Mets on Monday. He is 2-6 since winning his
first two starts of the season against the Minnesota Twins on April 2 and the
Cincinnati Reds on April 8.
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