Sports: A’s need extra innings to edge past Twins for 11th consecutive win.
The smell of victory. That’s what Ramon Laureano called it Wednesday after the A’s improbable 13-12 win over the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings.
Not only did the A’s run their win streak to 11 games before a crowd of 3,405 fans at the Coliseum, but they also did it by scoring three times without the benefit of a hit while trailing by two runs.
It started when Seth Brown drew a two-out walk against Alex Colome, with the A’s opening the extra inning with Matt Chapman on second. Then Elvis Andrus walked to load the bases.
What happened next was fortuitous for the A’s and disastrous for the Twins. Second baseman Taylor Blankenhorn