Count me as someone who thought the Oakland Athletics would get handily swept by the Atlanta Braves this weekend. After all, the team had to go up against an intimidating trio of starters in Reynaldo Lopez, Chris Sale, and Charlie Morton.
Lopez already shut the A’s down with 6 innings of one-run ball. I expected more of the same from the revitalized Sale, who’s looked nearly as dominant as he’s ever been and carries a 2.12 ERA/2.44 FIP at the ripe age of 35. The A’s flipped that prediction on its head immediately.
Miguel Andujar, coming into the game hitting a pedestrian .