Oakland A’s Tyler Soderstrom second from left is walked with the bases loaded and forces in the tying run Zack Gelof as the A’s defeat the Colorado Rockies in 11 innings at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)
On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah:
#1 For the second consecutive game the Colorado Rockies and Oakland A’s battled in extra innings. On Wednesday night the Rockies got a two run home run from Ryan McMahon for the game winner in a 9-5 decision that ended in 12 innings. On Thursday’s matinee the Rockies and A’s traded leads and ties with the A’s down 9-5 in the bottom of the 11th coming back to score 5 times to win it 10-9 at the Coliseum.
#2 The Rockies struck in the first inning scoring two runs and added another two runs in the top of the sixth inning for a 4-0 lead and it looked like the A’s were going to go down quietly.
#3 The A’s would rebound with a run in the bottom of the seventh, two runs in the last of the eighth and tying it up in the bottom of the ninth at 4-4 forcing extra innings. In the tenth the Rockies and A’s both scored a run each to tie it up once more 5-5.
#4 The Rockies in the top of the 11th rallied scoring four runs and once again overtaking the A’s 9-5. The shocking part about it was the Rockies touched up one of the best relievers in baseball Mason Miller who gave up three hits and three earned runs which would have been Miller’s first blown save of the season if the A’s didn’t come back later for the win.
#5 The A’s reached way down in their heart of hearts and answered back with a five run rally to defeat the Rockies 10-9 in the bottom of the 11th inning. The game winner came when Tyler Soderstrom walked with the bases loaded scoring Zack Gelof from third base.
#6 The A’s open up a three game series with the Houston Astros tonight at the Coliseum. The Astros will be starting RHP Justin Verlander (2-2, ERA 3.97) for the A’s RHP Ross Stripling (1-8, ERA 5.19). Verlander with lots of experience and success. Of late Stripling has been taking loses can Stripling get a rebound against a Verlander?
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