OAKLAND — Ramon Laureano was unsure of how he’d feel for his first major league at-bat, but he now knows how he feels after his first big league hit — Pure exhilaration.
Laureano, who was called up from Triple-A Nashville Friday, saved his first hit for the perfect moment, a line drive single to right field in the 13th inning off Buck Farmer to walk it off in Friday night’s 1-0 victory over the Tigers.
It completed an all-around heroic effort for Laureano, who also showed off a cannon of an arm as he gunned down Jose Iglesias at third base trying to advance on an errant throw to second by Jonathan Lucroy to end the top half of the 13th.