Friday night for the big win!!!!!!
You don’t need to look any further than tonight’s game to see exactly how the A’s plan to win a playoff game in October. Starting with Manaealator (Sean Manaea) on the mound, they allowed him to pitch five innings until he visibly tired at 67 pitches, and then used the combination of Sweet Lou (Lou Trivino), Uiya Clara (Fernando Rodney), who struck out the side, La Fama (Jeurys Familia), and would-have-been Train (Blake Treinen) had the offense not roared to life in the eighth and ninth innings; no hit bigger than the 3-run home run by Matt Chapman to break the game open, and turn the nail-biting 1-run lead into a non-save situation all in one swing.