Wish Kid August Wold wanted to get the full baseball player’s experience. Turns out, in the A’s 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday, he’d get just that… with a little more spice.
The A’s moved to 59-47 and into a tie for the second wild card spot with the Boston Red Sox. Here are the takeaways.
Rivalry revived
The Adrian Sampson versus Oakland Athletics contention began in Arlington a few weeks ago.
June’s spat began over Sampson purportedly stepping on Ramon Laureano’s bat; the Rangers’ starter was upset that Mark Canha had over-celebrated his solo home run, telling reporters then that “there was no place in the game for that.