Khris clutch as A's sink Yanks in wild walk-off
OAKLAND -- A back-and-forth affair at the Coliseum went in favor of the A's, who staved off the Yankees with a walk-off, two-run single from Khris Davis in the 10th inning to claim an 8-7 series-opening victory on Thursday night.The rally against Yankees right-hander Giovanny Gallegos began with two outs,
OAKLAND -- A back-and-forth affair at the Coliseum went in favor of the A's, who staved off the Yankees with a walk-off, two-run single from
The rally against Yankees right-hander
"I thought it had a chance, but Castro was getting after it out there, so you never know," Khris Davis said. "I saw it tip off his glove and then I saw my boys running after me, so that was fun."
This, after the Yankees had erased four A's leads, with
"It was 10 innings, and it felt like 15," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "There were so many emotional swings in the game and it just kind of wears you out a little bit. That was a great baseball game for any baseball fan, either side, watching that game. Every time a team had a lead, it looked like they had the advantage, and the next team came up and scored again. Look at the line after the fifth inning, and it was an absolute back-and-forth game, so give our guys a lot of credit to hang in there."
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"We kept fighting back. We got behind then we tied it up, got behind, tied it up," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We did it a bunch of times. It hurts because it's a matter of a couple inches that you lose that game by and it's frustrating."
The A's left the bases loaded in the ninth against
"As soon as he hit it, I was like, be a thing, be a thing," Alonso said. "Hopefully it can get down and we can go home with a win. That's the definition of a team win right there."
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