Both teams made defensive blunders to give up runs, but the A’s came through with 4 runs in the 8th inning to take the second game of the series 5-4.
A game that started as a pitchers’ duel ended with some dramatics in the 8th and 9th innings. The Oakland defense let Jharel Cotton down by giving up 2 unearned runs (though really it might as well have been 3), but the Royals had miscues of their own in the 8th to cough the lead up. The 9th inning was filled with much girding as usual, but ultimately the A’s came out on top 5-4.