It was a good day at Hohokam Stadium. The Oakland A’s fired on all cylinders Wednesday in a 9-1 blowout victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, with excellent pitching and another offensive explosion at the plate.
Granted, the Brewers put out something of a B-team today, with only one or two members of their starting lineup playing while several stars took a day off. But on the mound they had our old friend Brett Anderson, a legit MLB starter who is still exactly the quietly effective southpaw you remember from his last stint in the Bay, and he was relieved by Josh Hader, a two-time NL Reliever of the Year, so the A’s hitters did get a proper test.