(AP)
OAKLAND — The A’s got their second half rolling with an inspired comeback win over one of the American League’s hottest teams.
They erased a four-run deficit with help from three home runs and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 to open a three-game series at the Coliseum.
It was an emotionally charged game for the A’s on various fronts. Yonder Alonso got ejected for arguing a called third strike by home plate umpire Mark Wegner in the fourth. Moments later, manager Bob Melvin ran out and also got thumbed.
When Vogt delivered a game-tying homer in the fifth, he went bouncing up and down through the homer tunnel created by his teammates in the dugout.