OAKLAND — The A’s don’t do much scoring early in games. They had only scored once in the first inning through 14 games coming in.
But the A’s scored four runs at the expense of Texas Rangers pitcher Martin Perez in Wednesday’s opening frame, which was more than enough support for an outstanding performance fro, starter Jesse Hahn in a 9-1 blowout.
The first-inning binge began with two outs and a runner on third. Looking to avoid the powerful bat of Khris Davis, the Rangers walked him intentionally, bringing Ryon Healy to the plate.
Healy, who had pinch hits the last two nights after being benched because of a slow start to the season, started at third base and smacked a hard single up the middle to drive in Rajai Davis for the first run.