The Oakland A’s have made such a habit of losing close games that this afternoon they just aired a rerun of yesterday’s heartbreaker.
For the second straight day, the A’s took a lead into the late innings and then gave up a go-ahead pinch-hit homer to the San Francisco Giants, this time resulting in a 2-1 loss in Sunday’s series finale at the Coliseum.
Oakland’s penchant for gut-wrenching losses is getting historic. Since 1900, no MLB team has done what the Giants just pulled off. They hit a pinch-hit homer in the 8th inning or later, to turn a deficit into a lead, on back-to-back days.