Oakland walked-off the rival Rangers on Tuesday night at the Coliseum, sending Texas packing with an RBI knock in the bottom of the ninth to take game one of the final series ever played by the Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum. Drink it all in, folks.
Tonight’s starting pitching duel saw an Oakland rookie facing a Texas veteran. While the Athletics went with first-year right-hander Mitch Spence to kick tonight off the Rangers had 13-year veteran Nathan Eovaldi on the mound for them in this one. Experience on the mound was not to Oakland’s advantage on the mound tonight.