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Athletics drop finale against Giants, wrap rivalry with 4-2 loss

The Oakland Athletics dropped their final game to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon, falling in extras by a final of 4-2 on a sunny day in front of a packed Coliseum. So ends the Oakland-San Francisco baseball rivalry.

Another pitching duel

Last night saw both starters throw up four scoreless frames apiece to open the game up, and today was a lot of the same as lefties JP Sears and Blake Snell traded zeros in today’s contest. Through five frames neither pitcher budged, with Sears helping himself out with a nifty play in the fourth to double off a runner at first:

In case you forgot, pitchers are athletes too pic.