The A’s bullpen had been air tight of late, but the Texas Rangers dealt a damaging blow Friday night.
Santiago Casilla gave up Joey Gallo’s walk-off three-run homer in the ninth and the Rangers rang up a 5-2 comeback victory in the opener of a six-game road trip for the A’s.
Oakland’s relief corps hadn’t given up a run in three games in a row, but Casilla couldn’t hold a 2-1 lead when he took the mound in the bottom of the ninth. Trouble hit immediately with back-to-back singles from Jonathan Lucroy and Roughned Odor.