The Oakland Athletics dropped their second straight games against the Orioles, falling in game two by a final of 7-2 in extra innings.
We started tonight’s game on the right foot as lefty rookie (is he still a rookie at this point?) Ken Waldichuk got the ball and started strong, striking out two of his first three batters. In the bottom half we saw a rare caught stealing from Esteury Ruiz (!) that ultimately helped end an early Oakland rally off Baltimore starter Cole Irvin.
Oakland struck first tonight thanks to the bay of Aledmys Diaz, who led off the bottom of the second with a solo shot to give Oakland the quick 1-0 lead:
Aledmys gets the A's on the board with a BOOM pic.