A’s mount historic comeback

Bay Area News Group/tns The Oakland A’s Jed Lowrie, left, is congratulated by Matt Olson after hitting a solo home run against the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game in Arlington, Texas. The A’s rallied late for a 13-10 victory in 11 innings.

bring in a run, and Nick Martini was then hit by a pitch immediately after to cut the deficit to three runs.

By this time, the Rangers were on red alert, they brought in Kela to stop the leakage, but he was greeted by a single to center by Jed Lowrie that scored two more runs. Of course four runs were scored in the eighth, the A’s favorite inning this year. Their 76 runs in the eighth inning this season lead the majors.

The A’s didn’t do much well. Their fielding was bad, with two errors that led to four unearned runs. Situational hitting wasn’t much better, they went 5 for 14 with runners in scoring positon, leaving eight runners on base. Yet they still found a way.

Now 25-7 since June 16, having scored the winning run in the eighth

inning or later in 11 of those victories, it’s almost becoming a joke seeing the many ways the A’s have found a way to come back. This one took the cake for Piscotty.

“I think this trumps all of them. That was a blast. It’s almost comical,” Piscotty said. “This team is gelling really well right now.”

Here’s a mind-blowing stat for trying to explain how incredible this comeback was. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Rangers were 4710 when leading by eight runs or more in the seventh inning or later. That’s no typo. Four. Seven. One.

“Nothing they do surprises me anymore,” Melvin said. “You’ve seen our late-inning at-bats. To be down that kind of a margin and come back, this is just a tenacious group that believes they’re gonna win every game.”