The Angels Blew a 7-Run Lead to Lose 12-11, and the League Is Still Talking About It
Alright, you gotta hear about this bonkers game from Friday night. You think you've seen everything in baseball, right? Nah. The Athletics, somehow, pulled off a wild 12-11 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in West Sacramento, coming back from an absolutely insane seven-run deficit. Seriously, a seven-run comeback! Jonah Heim crushed a pinch-hit, game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning, and then Nick Kurtz sealed it with a bases-loaded walk in the 10th. If you missed this, you missed pure chaos.Angels' Offensive Explosion Couldn't Save Them
Listen, the Angels' bats were absolutely *on fire* for a good chunk of this game. They blasted five homers, tying their season best, and just when you thought they were out of the woods, they'd mash another one. Jose Siri and Logan O'Hoppe each launched three-run shots. Denzer Guzman added a two-run homer. Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel both went deep with solo blasts. Remember that 7-1 road win against the Yankees on April 14? Yeah, they hit five homers then too. They clawed back from a four-run hole themselves, scoring 11 unanswered runs, including a massive seven-run fourth inning. Christian Moore started it with a sacrifice fly, then Guzman hit his two-run bomb. Siri's three-run shot made it 6-4, then Neto ripped Justin Sterner's second pitch over the wall. O'Hoppe made it 10-4 with a two-on, two-out homer in the fifth, and Schanuel's sixth-inning homer gave them a seven-run lead. Everything was clicking. But then, the wheels just fell off the bus.The A's Unbelievable Rally and a Walk-
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Off Win You can't make this stuff up. The A's just kept chipping away. Lawrence Butler started the scoring with a fastball over the fence in the second. Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson hit RBI doubles in the third, and Carlos Cortes drove in another to make it 4-0 early. They kept fighting. Zack Gelof, extending his career-best hitting streak to 23 with a single off Mitch Farris, scored Butler in the sixth to make it 11-5. Wilson then crushed a two-run blast in the seventh to pull them within 11-7. One inning later, Max Muncy launched a two-run homer off Chase Silseth, cutting it to 11-9. Then came the ninth. Tyler Soderstrom hit a one-out double. Sam Bachman retired Wilson, but then Heim stepped up as a pinch-hitter. Two outs, down two runs, and BOOM! A two-run homer to tie it up! Unbelievable. In the tenth, Butler started on second, Henry Bolte walked off Kirby Yates, and then Butler and Bolte pulled off a double steal. After an out, Yates hit Gelof in the helmet to load the bases. Samy Natera Jr. came in to face Kurtz and walked him on five pitches. Ballgame! Elvis Alvarado got the win, giving up just one hit in two scoreless innings. This was truly one of those games you'll be telling your grandkids about, if you were actually there. What a night in West Sacramento. For the Angels, losing five of their last six games, and now falling to 7-for-23 in save opportunities? That's gotta sting. Big time. After a performance like that, blowing a seven-run lead, they've got to figure out what's going on with their bullpen, and fast. The hitting is there, but if you can't close it out, what's the point? They've got some serious work to do.This article was created with AI assistance and reviewed by Seattle On Tap editorial staff. Always verify information with official team sources.