WE HAVE A FRIDAY NIGHT WIN! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
And yes, it really was as magical as a Disney script. After struggling in his first four at-bats—and his first two strikes of his fifth—and barely a heartbeat after he threw out the Tigers’ potential go-ahead run at third in the top of the inning, Ramon Laureano, with two outs and two strikes, came through in the most dramatic of fashions with the game-winning single—the first in his major league career, to score the only run of the game to send the A’s home with the 1-0 victory.