The Oakland A’s are one game closer to clinching... the second-worst record in the league. It may not be much but the team must badly want it because they fought hard to muscle their way to the victory tonight against the Kansas City Royals.
Jordan Diaz opened the fireworks, taking a couple of pitches before blasting a slider deep to left field and off the top of the out-of-town scoreboard. The infielder hasn’t lit the world on fire during his time with the A’s but he’s shown that he can at least compete with major league pitching, sporting a nearly league average batting line.