OAKLAND — Consider A’s hitting coach Darren Bush slightly less astonished than the rest of the baseball world over Yonder Alonso’s recent burst of power.
The veteran first baseman deposited two more balls over the fence in the A’s 7-3 loss to the Angels on Tuesday night, giving him 11 for the season and already eclipsing his previous career high (nine) just 33 games into the regular season.
That ties Alonso for the second-most homers in the American League, surprising for a player whose lack of power has been the biggest knock on him over his eight big league seasons.