The rebuilding Oakland A’s aren’t expected to win a lot of games this season, and indeed they lost their Opening Day matchup. But it wasn’t boring, and they didn’t make it easy on the opponent.
The A’s fell 9-5 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday at Citizens Bank Park, in their first game of the 2022 season. A spirited comeback attempt made things interesting in the late innings, even if it wasn’t quite enough to steal a victory.
The afternoon got off to a rough start for Oakland. The Phillies leadoff batter homered, and by the end of the 3rd inning they held a 5-0 lead and the A’s were hitless.