What is the story about?
Rangers
9, A’s 6
- There was just way too much going on with this game.
- It was disorienting. It was confusing. It was befuddling.
- It was windy.
- The wind was out of control. It was wild. It was nuts.
- It huffed and puffed and blew a couple of potential home runs down.
- It also blew a high pop fly to right field by Josh Jung into the right field stands for a go ahead homer that we thought would be the difference in the game.
- Then it wasn’t because of a ball lost in the sun and a ball blown back towards the infield and what seemed to be a game the A’s should have won but were trying to lose but then were going to win, only to then lose.
- Four runs from your resilient Rangers in the top of the ninth turned a 6-5 deficit into an9-6 lead and eventual win.
- And Cal Quantrill made his Rangers debut. Got a win, even. Madness.
- These are the games that I’m used to the Rangers losing in Oakland.
- I guess it’s a good thing it was played in Sacramento.
- Jack Leiter maxed out at 98.3 mph with his fastball, averaging 96.2 mph. Robert Garcia’s fastball touched 96.8 mph. Tyler Alexander hit 92.4 mph with his fastball. Jakob Junis’s fastball topped out at 92.9 mph, Jacob Latz reached 95.2 mph with his fastball. Cal Quantrill’s fastball hit 94.5 mph.
- Ezequiel Duran had a 107.3 mph groundout and a 102.9 mph single. Wyatt Langford had a 105.6 mph groundout. Josh Smith had a 105.0 mph double. Brandon Nimmo had a 103.2 mph fly out and a 100.0 mph single.
- Back above .500, back in first place, and on to Seattle.
