Following the rain delay, the A’s offense brought some thunder of its own. For four innings, anyways.
Today’s game got off to an ominous start as an intense and windy thunderstorm pushed back the start of the game by an hour or so. The wind had an immediate impact on the game, too, once things got underway, as Mark Canha, batting second, ripped a high and long fly ball to left field that, at first, looked to have home run distance. However, the wind knocked the ball down just enough for Hunter Pence to make a spectacular jumping catch at the wall, in a play that looked very similar to Josh Reddick’s spiderman catch from a few years back.