ANAHEIM – Ask anyone in baseball about Yonder Alonso and they’ll tell you two things about him. He plays terrific defense at first base, and he doesn’t hit for much power.
And that’s been a knock against him, because first base is a position where you want to get some home runs.
The Alonso defense is still there, but the power that isn’t supposed to be there keeps showing up in the April of his 30th year.
Alonso hit a soaring solo homer in the sixth inning of the A’s 8-5 loss to the Angels Wednesday.