It was the A’s best win yet, or at least that seemed to be the consensus.
Through big losses and walk-off wins, this A’s clubhouse always runs with a steady energy: high and jovial. But a 4-3, extra-inning comeback win against the Astros in Houston sent a shockwave through it only a Richter Scale might pick up. Matt Olson hit a game-tying, three-run homer off Roberto Osuna. Ramón Laureano hit a go-ahead single in the 11th.
The story revolved around how the A’s defied odds, used flashy heroics to mend an Achilles heel. But behind the front-facing, and deserved, praise Olson and Laureano received, a constant had delivered what he had delivered all year long.