Once again, a starter for the Oakland Athletics left early. Once again, it became a bullpen game. Unfortunately, the bullpen was not as helpful as it could have been. Marc Rzepczynski allowed two inherited runners to score in the third. Rzepczynski walked Shin-Soo Choo to plate the seventh run charged to Surkamp.
The Oakland Athletics did come back to make a game of it. The bats came through in a three-run sixth inning, and they rallied hard in the bottom of the ninth. Josh Phegley came up with a big hit.