The A’s were locked in a pitching duel for the majority of Wednesday night’s contest against the Rangers. This game seemed destined for extra innings but a massive ninth inning saw six A’s runs cross home plate, breaking this game open and helping the A’s win their second of three against Texas with the series finale set for tomorrow afternoon.
Starting pitchers Luis Severino and Nathan Eovaldi got the starts for their respective clubs tonight, facing each other for the first time this year. The right-handers entered this game both experiencing strong starts to their season and both starters kept up their strong starts tonight as they tried matching or besting each other for the first half of the game.