The Oakland A’s seem to have a knack for taking game 1’s. After winning the first game of their last two series against the Blue Jays and Yankees, the A’s took another series lead against the Chicago White Sox today in a 7-4 victory.
Early in the game, it looked like things were about to unravel for the A’s. Following a start in which he walked 7 batters and allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, it looked like it was gonna be more of the same for Luis Medina today. In the top of the 1st, the rookie starter gave up a leadoff double to Andrew Benintendi before mowing down the next 2 batters relatively quickly.