Brent Rooker delivers in 10th as A’s edge Orioles
Brent Rooker went 2-for-4 and hit a go-ahead double in the 10th as the A’s edged the Orioles 3-2 on Friday.
Advice: It seemed like the A’s had botched this one after the automatic runner, who had advanced to third on a groundout to open the top of the 10th, was thrown out in a rundown between third and home for the second out of the inning. Shea Langeliers, who hit the weak grounder resulting in the out, didn’t even try to make it to second while the rundown was ongoing, even though he easily could have. Rooker, though, followed that with a double, and Langeliers scored all of the way from first, thanks in no small part to Colton Cowser missing the cutoff man on the play. Rooker is now batting .200/.290/.527, and even though he’s striking out plenty, he shouldn’t have to worry about sitting much against righties in the near future.
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