The first half of the 2021 Bay Bridge Series is in the books, and it didn’t quite go the way Oakland A’s fans hoped it would.
The A’s avoided being swept in the finale on Sunday, but they still lost two of the three games. And both defeats came in excruciating fashion, with the first by way of shutout, and the second a seesaw affair that saw Oakland take a lead in the 10th inning but blow it anyway for San Francisco’s first walk-off of the summer. Blergh.
But the thing about close losses is that you have do some good things along the way in order to keep them close.