If this were the regular season, one could call today’s spring training game a tense, taut affair. The juggernaut A’s kept taking modest leads and the upstart Padres kept clawing their way back. The A’s scored singular runs in the first and fourth inning, only to surrender two runs in the fourth. Oakland immediately retook the lead with two in the fifth and one in the sixth, but then the Padres matched them with three in the bottom of the sixth. A’s got one in the seventh, the Padres got four, and then never looked back, winning the contest 9-6.
Spring Game #5: Luzardo Dazzles, Allen (Austin) Homers
