Fun fact: “Jacob Wilson” is apparently an old Irish name that means “Mariners killer.” The A’s top prospect looked like the Rookie of the Year contender many A’s fans think he is, driving in five of the A’s seven runs to power the A’s in their on-theme kelly green uniforms to a win over the Mariners on St. Patrick’s Day. Still, there was some joy to be had for Mariners fans. Shoutout to Nick Tucker, who was at today’s untelevised game and gave us video of some of the biggest highlight plays of the game.
After going down in order in the first against A’s starter Hogan Harris, the Mariners got something cracking in the second, when with one out, Luke Raley walked.