ANAHEIM — Among the large group of players sitting in the A’s joyous clubhouse enjoying a postgame meal Sunday was Yonder Alonso.
The All-Star first baseman found out he was traded to Seattle in the morning as A’s players were just arriving to Angel Stadium. He stuck around and had to like what he saw as his former teammates battled from a five-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-10 in one of Oakland’s most improbable victories of the year.
Certainly one person who will miss Alonso is Bruce Maxwell. The A’s catcher, who has slumped badly of late, came through big in the eighth, lining a two-run single off Angels closer Bud Norris that capped the A’s five-run rally that inning.