The Oakland A’s played their second exhibition game against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and this one ended in a 6-6 tie. The game, which took place Sunday night for those on Pacific Time, was salvaged at the last moment by a Khris Davis homer.
The A’s actually trailed for much of this one. They took an early lead on a Stephen Piscotty homer in the 2nd, but a pair of errors by shortstop Marcus Semien led to runs for the Fighters in both the 3rd and 5th. The Fighters kept adding on from there, with a pair in the 6th off some small-ball, and another pair in the 7th on a rally started by an error from backup shortstop Cliff Pennington.