October 1, 2014

A’s in the Twelfth

Josh Reddick walks and gets sacrificed to start the 12th inning for the Atletics. This game might set the record for sacrifice bunts in an AL game this season. The score is still tied at seven.

Update: Jason Frasor is on to pitch for the Royals.

Update: Alberto Callaspo pinch hits. A wild pitch puts the runner on third.

Update: Callaspo singles to left, and Oakland takes an 8-7 lead.

Update: Derek Norris strikes out looking for the second out.

Update: Nick Punto falls behind 1-2. He pops out in foul territory to end the inning. Oakland is three outs away from advancing to the ALDS. Does KC have one more comeback?

Update: Lorenzo Cain faces Dan Otero leading off the bottom of the 12th.

Update: Cain falls behind 1-2. He grounds out to first for the first out.

Update: Eric Hosmer falls behind 1-2. He hits a 2-2 pitch to the wall in left-center, where Jonny Gomes and Sam Fuld collide, both jumping for a ball out of reach. Hosmer winds up on third with a triple.

Update: Christian Colon hits a Baltimore chop, Donaldson can’t field it, and Hosmer scores. The winning run is at first as the Royals tie the game at eight!

Update: As the A’s make a pitching change, might Coco Crisp have made that catch in left-center?

Update: Fernando Abad faces Alex Gordon. Gordon pops out foul on the first pitch. Two out.

Update: Jason Hammel comes on to pitch to Salvador Perez.

Update: Perez falls behind 1-2. Colon steals successfully on a pitch out, as Derek Norris drops the ball.

Update: Perez fouls off a pitch, then lines the next one past Donaldson at third, and the Royals win 9-8! Perez had been 0-5 in the game, but no one will remember that. The Royals are going to Anaheim, and the Oakland Athletics are going home.

All those starters the A’s acquired in trades will watch the playoffs at home.

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