Coming off of the best start in the career of Joey Estes, today was a complete 180.
The rookie righty allowed just five hits and no runs en route to a complete-game shutout last Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels, but within just an inning of tonight's game in Boston he’d already surpassed both of those totals. And it really wasn’t close either.
The A’s lost 12-9 in a game that was over after the second inning despite an honorable comeback late. One big inning slipped out of the their hands and the A’s could never recover from it, but that’s baseball.