A’s Walk-Off Braves 5-4

The A’s took the series two games to one against the Braves with a victory in the finale on Thursday evening, beating the Braves in walk-off fashion 5-4 to put a nice bow on a fun series against our NL East foes. Get ready for the Blue Jays to come to town tomorrow.

The Athletics jumped out to an early lead against Atlanta starting pitcher Spencer Strider. Following Brent Rooker’s first double of the game and a Nick Kurtz walk, left fielder Tyler Soderstrom stepped to the plate with two outs and absolutely demolished the first pitch he saw from Strider, sending it over the right field wall to give the Green & Gold the early 3-0 lead:

Home run #16 on the year for Sodey. The power disappeared…