Rangers 9, A’s 4
- It’s been a while since we’ve had one like that.
- Though about an hour in it appeared we were going to have another ugly, unpleasant loss. Jon Gray, given a 3-0 lead after one, gave the lead up in the third. After a solo homer Gray retired the next two batters and seemed to be on track to get out of the third with that minimal damage. Two walks, though, followed by two singles resulted in a tie game, and Bruce Bochy had seen enough from Gray.
- One of the advantages of having several guys in the pen who have spent most of the year in the rotation is that you can have a quick hook knowing there are options to provide length.