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A's winning streak comes to an end in 'tough way to lose' vs. Angels

CSN Bay Area | May 29, 2019

Related Topics: Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Joakim Soria, Shohei Ohtani, James Hoye, Brodie Brazil, baseball umpire, Josh Phegley

OAKLAND -- Joakim Soria thought he was out of the inning.

With two outs in the top of the ninth and runners on second and third, the A's reliever delivered what appeared to be strike three to Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani. Unfortunately, catcher Josh Phegley couldn't hold on to Soria's curveball.

Home plate umpire James Hoye flinched, as if he was going to ring up Ohtani, but instead called it ball two.

Should have been the END of the inning.
Instead Ohtani drives in two.#RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/iJpgMKAct6— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) May 29, 2019

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