WEST SACRAMENTO -- The wind giveth and the wind taketh away.
The Rangers looked to be well on their way to edging out a victory over the A’s on Thursday afternoon after Josh Jung’s wind-assisted, two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning. But Texas ran into some wind trouble of their own, giving the A’s a pair of wind-aided hits in the bottom of the eighth that led to three runs.
The 18 mph winds were no match for some Rangers small ball in the top of the ninth, in which Texas sent all nine hitters to the plate to score four runs and roll to a 9-6 victory at Sutter Health Park to secure a series split with the A’s.