Athletics 5, Blue Jays 1: More Humiliating Than The Score Would Suggest

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The A's took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when guy who exists only to field the ball John MacDonald booted a sure-fire double play ball. Young Henderson Alvarez totally kept them in it through his six innings of work, only to see the bullpen (Jessie Litsch and the improbably named Rommie Lewis) give up three runs in the bottom of the eighth, just in time to make the ninth inning pretty much meaningless. I hated this game.


Other reasons for hate: Adam Lind left the game after being hit on the wrist by a pitch, and Jose Bautista was a late scratch with neck stiffness (from watching his major-league-best 35 home runs leave the yard? arguably, yes). 


Anyway. One more game in Oakland and then it is off to Kansas City. Everything will be cool in Kansas City.


KS