All the Oakland A’s needed to snap their three-game losing streak on Saturday was a clutch hit with a runner in scoring position, and they finally got it.
With the automatic runner on second base in the 10th inning, Robbie Grossman lined a pinch-hit double to the wall to drive in the go-ahead run in a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
After going 1-for-20 with runners in scoring position over their previous three games, leading to three frustrating losses, the A’s managed two such hits on Saturday. It took 10 tries to get them, but it proved to be enough in this low-scoring affair.