In a game initiated and controlled by home runs, the A’s ultimately prevailed on a hit-by-a-pitch, a double, and a botched two-run infield single.
The ballgame got off to a bang when Mitch Garver and Nelson Cruz launched a couple of dingers off Brett Anderson. Though that makes it seem like Brett was asking for trouble with bad pitches, neither pitch actually seemed that hittable. The first came off a sinker outside the far side of the strike...