The A’s found a way to deflect all the drama surrounding their team Monday.
They struck for a seven-run inning for the second day in a row, the first time they’vedone that since 1975, and marched to an 11-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners that capped quite an eventful day in the Emerald City.
News broke in the morning that A’s third base coach Mike Gallego had been fired and replaced by Ron Washington. Then they took the field only to lose starter Felix Doubront to a foot injury after just two innings.
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Down 5-0 entering the top of the fifth, they responded by sending 11 men to the plate and scoring seven times to command a 7-5 lead that would only increase as the innings ticked away.