A 7-Run Comeback Ended in 5 Pitches, and the Angels' Season Is Getting Hard to Watch
Holy smokes, did you SEE what went down last night in West Sacramento? The Athletics pulled off one of those insane, gotta-be-kidding-me comebacks, clawing their way back from a SEVEN-RUN deficit to snag a wild 12-11 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the 10th inning. Jonah Heim hit a game-tying, two-run bomb in the bottom of the ninth, and then Nick Kurtz sealed the deal with a bases-loaded walk in extras. Talk about pure baseball chaos!
Angels Unleash a Homer Barrage, Then Just… Stop
Seriously, it was looking like an Angels highlight reel for most of the game. They tied their season best with a staggering five home runs. Jose Siri and Logan O'Hoppe each smacked three-run shots. Denzer Guzman added a two-run homer, and both Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel launched solo blasts. Schanuel’s in the sixth gave them a whopping seven-run lead! O'Hoppe and Oswald Peraza were crushing it, both racking up three hits. Jose Soriano gave up four runs and six hits over five innings for Los Angeles, and Springs gave up six runs and four hits in 3 2/3 innings, but the offense was supposed to carry them!
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They even showed some fight earlier in the game, shaking off a four-run deficit of their own and then scoring 11 straight, including seven in the fourth inning! Christian Moore kicked it off with a sacrifice fly, Guzman homered, Siri slammed his three-run shot, and Neto ripped a homer off Justin Sterner’s second pitch. O'Hoppe's three-run bomb in the fifth made it 10-4. But then, it all just fell apart. This is the fifth loss in six games for them, and their save opportunities are getting brutal, now sitting at 7-for-23. You just can't be that bad closing games out and expect to win.
The A's Just Kept. Punching. Back.
While the Angels were busy hitting dingers, the A's were chipping away, showing serious grit. Lawrence Butler got things started with a fastball over the fence in the second inning. Then Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson delivered RBI doubles in the third, with Carlos Cortes plating another run to make it 4-0. The Angels took over for a bit, but the A’s never quit. Zack Gelof kept his incredible career-best 23-game hitting streak alive with a broken-bat single in the sixth that scored Butler. Wilson then CRUSHED a two-run blast in the seventh to pull them within 11-7. An inning later, Max Muncy powered a two-run blast off Chase Silseth, making it a two-run game!
The bottom of the ninth was pure drama. Tyler Soderstrom got a one-out double, then Sam Bachman retired Wilson. But then, Heim, a pinch-hitter, stepped up and absolutely clobbered a two-run homer to tie the game! Cue pandemonium! In the 10th, Butler started at second, Henry Bolte walked off Kirby Yates, and then Butler and Bolte pulled off a double steal. Yates then hit Gelof in the helmet to load the bases. Samy Natera Jr. came in to pitch to Nick Kurtz, and after five nail-biting pitches, Kurtz drew the walk, bringing in the winning run. Elvis Alvarado pitched two scoreless frames, giving up just one hit, to grab the win for the A's. What a finish!
Man, baseball is truly wild sometimes. What a display of never-say-die attitude from the A's, and a brutal lesson in holding a lead for the Angels. You gotta feel for the Angels fans watching that one slip away. You know what, Mariners fans, we’ve seen our share of tight ones. Let's hope our boys in blue and green bring that same fight every night! You know we'll be watching every single pitch!
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