OAKLAND — In a season where the A’s have sold off veterans like hot cakes, Jed Lowrie is one of very few seasoned players left that bring experience to a lineup that features mostly rookies and second-year players.
Lowrie displayed some of that veteran prowess on Friday night.
Trailing 4-3 in the eighth with runners on the corners, The 33-year-old second baseman smashed a 2-2 pitch from Brad Bach to the center field warning track that bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double that tied the score and set the table for the go-ahead run on Chad Pinder’s sacrifice fly in a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles.