The Oakland A’s and Colorado Rockies played a spring training game in Arizona on Saturday, but it was wild enough to be a Coors Field special.
The A’s entered the 9th inning facing a huge deficit, but they rallied for six runs in the final frame to force an 11-11 tie in their Cactus League exhibition contest.
Today perfectly exemplified two principles of spring training, that it can be super fun but that the results are meaningless. The Rockies built a big lead in the middle innings, including seven runs in the 4th, and the A’s came to bat trailing 11-5 in the bottom of the 9th.