As the A’s were down 4-2 in the seventh tonight against the Colorado Rockies, they were in desperate need of a big hit. With just three to that point after struggling to produce consistently for the last ten days on the road, Seth Brown had enough. His two-run 110 MPH missile home run off Rockies reliever Justin Lawrence tied the game at four but more importantly, injected some much needed life into the entire A’s roster.
An inning later, the A’s took the momentum all the way back with another home run, this time from Abraham Toro. It’s fitting for an A’s team that lives and dies by the home run ball, but tonight, it meant so much more.