The 2018 Oakland A’s have made a habit of late-inning comebacks, but they took it to another level on Tuesday. The Rangers jumped all over them in the middle innings, and the A’s entered the 7th trailing 10-2. They won anyway, scoring 11 unanswered runs to earn a 13-10 victory in extras.
It doesn’t take deep analysis to see why that’s exciting. A blowout loss was turned into a thrilling victory in the midst of a tight playoff race. But what makes this so special is that it wasn’t that special. It was just a more extreme version of what we’ve been watching all season long.