We all know the reason the A's somehow won a game pitching 7 innings with their bullpen and being down 5-0 was because of the magical Ron Washington.
This game had all the makings of a terrible, boring, awful loss. Somehow the A's delightfully flipped the script. Thank you based Wash.
A's starter Felix Doubront did not look sharp at all to start the game. In the second inning Robinson Cano seared a liner directly into the right foot of Doubront, sending him limping. He gutted out the rest of the inning (luckily Cano's steal of second base was overturned on replay, which showed him over sliding for the third out) but the A's wisely pulled the limping starter and girded their loins in anticipation of seven bullpen innings.