Rangers 5, A’s 4
- I am back from Disney World and thus can resume thoughts posts again. And I am doing so after a road win in Oakland! Who woulda thought...
- Mike Foltynewicz started for Texas, and I was not feeling good about things when he gave up a solo home run to the second batter he faced. Foltynewicz is leading the American League in home runs allowed, and this seemed to be a precursor to much damage and crooked numbers and a lot of bullpen innings.
- But...it wasn’t! Woo hoo!
- Foltynewicz allowed a Tony Kemp double in the third, then a Jed Lowrie single with one out in the fourth that was followed by a run scoring Ramon Laureano double, which made it a 2-1 A’s lead at the time.