Elite Fitness camp July 21-22
Elite Fitness Sports Camps will host a two-day, full-contact youth football camp on Saturday, July 21, and Sunday, July 22, at Sutter High.
The camp is for players from kindergarten through eighth grade, and will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. both days.
The fun-filled camp will emphasize essential fundamentals for safe and effective performance.
The cost is $100 per camper.
For more information, call Ryan Reynolds at 370-3663.
HOUSTON – Any reservations about the A’s being a legit team can be laid to rest. They’re good.
After taking two out of three from the Indians this past weekend, the A’s mounted another late-inning comeback in Thursday’s 6-4 victory over the Astros to take three out of four from the defending World Series champions in their own house and make it twostraight series wins over first-place teams.
The A’s (53-41) are currently the hottest team in baseball. Their 19 wins over the past 24 games are the most in baseball during that time, and they are a season-high 12 games over .500, the most games over since the end of the 2014 season when they last made the postseason.
The only thing that kept the A’s from a sweep was Wednesday’s bizarre loss that featured an ending you’ll probably only see once in a lifetime. But they’re more than glad to take three of four.
“We’ve been playing really well and came into this series really confident,” A’s third baseman Matt Chapman said. “To be in every game and come out with three feels really good. It confirms what we’ve been feeling.”
As they’ve done so often over this impressive stretch, the game-winning run came in the eighth inning off the bat off Mark Canha, Mark Canha watches his go-ahead two-run single during the eighth inning of Thursday’s win over the Astros. It marked the 10th time in their last 23 victories the A’s have scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning or later.
who smacked a go-ahead two-run double to left off Chris Devenski.
It was the 10th time in their last 23 victories the A’s have scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning or later, with their 69 runs scored in the eighth inning this season the most in the majors.
“When you do it so many times, you have confidence doing it,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “It was some different guys today, too. At this point it’s a true team effort and that’s powerful when you have 25 guys contributing. Doesn’t surprise me that we came up with the at-bats we did.”
Facing a 3-2 count against Devenski with runners on second and third and an open first base, Canha was just trying to stay alive. He fouled off a slider and fastball, then got the slider again on the seventh pitch of the at-bat and pulled it to left.
“An open base which always makes everything harder because you never know how or if they’re gonna attack you,” Canha said. “I just kept that in my mind and told myself to not try to do too much and feel out the at-bat. I think I did a good job of just getting into the rhythm and figure out how he was gonna pitch.”
Canha’s clutch hit came shortly after Matt Chapman’s game-tying double to left earlier in the inning, capping off the comeback from what was a 4-0 deficit after just three innings.
Though the A’s have become known for their power, especially on the road as their 82 road homers lead the majors, they’ve also been impressively patient at the plate. They drew 20 walks against Astros pitchers the series, a key to producing early exits from the many tough arms in Houston’s starting rotation, like Charlie Morton after just 41/3 innings Thursday.