TORONTO — Everything seemed to be going the Blue Jays’ way. But with one swing of the bat, Chad Pinder sucked the life right out of the Rogers Centre.
After the A’s failed to capitalize with the bases loaded just a couple of innings earlier, Pinder made sure not to let that happen twice by blasting a 1-1 fastball from Tyler Clippard over the wall for a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of Saturday’s 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays.
It was Pinder’s fourth home run of the season and the first grand slam of his big league career.