OAKLAND — Marcus Semien’s recent adjustments at the plate had been resulting improvements in all facets of his offensive game except for one category — Power.
The A’s shortstop who hit 27 home runs last year entered Friday’s game not having homered since Aug. 16. While the power has been missing as of late for Semien, it returned just when the A’s needed it against the Astros.
Semien blasted a game-tying grand slam off Luke Gregerson in the seventh to set the A’s up for an eventual 9-8 walk-off victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.