I think if I simply said; “The A’s are playing tonight in Oakland! We expect a big crowd for fireworks! They’re playing a really crappy opponent who is missing a lot of players! Also, it’s Friday!” you, by now, should know that #asbrandbaseball means a loss; and not just any loss, the kind where the A’s fumble plays that our Thursday night softball team makes. And if you think turning a double-play in co-ed softball is easy, well, you’d probably have more success than the A’s infield tonight.
It’s hard to tell if Marco Gonzales was as good as his line, or if the A’s couldn’t figure out how to walk instead of striking out on ball four, but either way he finished with seven strong innings, allowing one earned run.