PHOENIX — A frigid beer shower never felt better to Pat Venditte, the switch-pitcher's reward for his first major league win at age 30.
Venditte, switching hands from right to left to right in the 11th, tossed two scoreless innings with a strikeout as the Oakland Athletics beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Sunday. He got help from teammate Marcus Semien's two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the 11th.
"Getting to this level, you do reflect on some of the long bus rides and different countries you have to play in to get to this.