A's @ Royals AL Wild Card Game Thread

[Just a bit outside]

Looked like wombat

 

[BornToRun]

Perez demonstrating why he had a sub .300 OBP this year.

 

[staz]

Watch this end 7-6

 

[Madmartigan]

Woof

 

[MakMan44]

Ouch. Worst outcome there. 

 

[Lowrielicious]

 
Gordon has to run

or could PR Dyson to steal.
 
All eggs in that basket then though.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Watch the bunt!

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

BRUTAL

 

[Remagellan]

 Wow that was a horrible at-bat.  

 

[GlenMorangie]

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[scottyno]

steal home please

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Omar Infante: Hero or goat.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Relief ace?

 

[ypioca]

Perez outstinks Gregerson

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

or could PR Dyson to steal.
 
All eggs in that basket then though.

good time for that pickoff play LOL

 

[Al Zarilla]

They keep trying to say good things about Coco's arm

 

[rembrat]

Infante is usually a good contact hitter.

 

[Just a bit outside]

That was a good pitch to hit

 

[benhogan]

That initial steal was HUGE, kept them out of the DP.
 
 I have to admit to thinking they were nuts to send him down by so many.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Relief ace?

 

[MakMan44]

So, so lucky. 

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

BRUTAL.

 

[Harry Hooper]

That was a good pitch to hit

 
It was just in enough to get the foul.

 

[Kliq]

That sigh of relief coming from Oakland could power a windfarm.

 

[glasspusher]

Bert strikes out!

 

[canderson]

Exhale.

 

[BornToRun]

8,9,1 in the bottom half. I'd bet that Willingham hits for Moustakis.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

I think with 1 out the squeeze play would have been the best time to try and tie the game. 

 

[Al Zarilla]

Why am I getting heart pounding for a non-Red Sox game?

 

[GlenMorangie]

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[Back Bay]

Sorry, when did the Detroit bullpen invaded and took over these two bullpens?

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Particularly if Perez and Infante were going to mail in their ABs. 

 

[MakMan44]

I think with 1 out the squeeze play would have been the best time to try and tie the game. 

It's pretty funny that with all the weird shit Yost did do this game, a squeeze is the one thing he didn't try.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I think with 1 out the squeeze play would have been the best time to try and tie the game. 

 
Gordon could have put one down, I suppose. Perez was useless

 

[Al Zarilla]

8,9,1 in the bottom half. I'd bet that Willingham hits for Moustakis.

9-1-2

 

[rodderick]

What the fuck were those ABs by Perez and Infante? At least give your team a chance, holy shit.

 

[E5 Yaz]

8,9,1 in the bottom half. I'd bet that Willingham hits for Moustakis.

 
9-1-2, actually

 

[glasspusher]

Why am I getting heart pounding for a non-Red Sox game?

 
Keeps you in shape.

 

[BornToRun]

9-1-2

my bad. Thanks for the correction.

 

[ScubaSteveAvery]

It's pretty funny that with all the weird shit Yost did do this game, a squeeze is the one thing he didn't try.

 
It made a ton of sense would a speed guy on 3rd.  Hell of a lot better than Butler wandering off of 1st to try and get a run.  
 

 
Gordon could have put one down, I suppose. Perez was useless

 
I think you let Gordon hit, but Perez is a great bunt candidate.  He's slow and the possibility of a GIDP is high.  And if he fails with it you still have Gordon in scoring position for Infante. 

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

my bad. Thanks for the correction.

top half

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

8,9,1 in the bottom half. I'd bet that Willingham hits for Moustakis.

Not exactly Mueller, Bellhorn, Damon, is it?

 

[GlenMorangie]

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[Al Zarilla]

What the fuck were those ABs by Perez and Infante? At least give your team a chance, holy shit.

Gregerson's slider did look pretty nasty, snapping down, once he settled in. 

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

KoKo Krisp

 

[patinorange]

 
It made a ton of sense would a speed guy on 3rd.  Hell of a lot better than Butler wandering off of 1st to try and get a run.  
 
 
I think you let Gordon hit, but Perez is a great bunt candidate.  He's slow and the possibility of a GIDP is high.  And if he fails with it you still have Gordon in scoring position for Infante. 

Very strange managing.

 

[GlenMorangie]

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[MakMan44]

WHY aren't they saving Holland for the SAVE?
 

Sarcasm, right?
 
EDIT: Yeah.

 

[mikeford]

Just a reminder: Ron Darling called Salvador Perez the Yadier Molina of the AL earlier in this game.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
I think you let Gordon hit, but Perez is a great bunt candidate.  He's slow and the possibility of a GIDP is high.  And if he fails with it you still have Gordon in scoring position for Infante. 

 
Nah, Perez was so tight as it was he might have missed the pitch and gotten the runner trapped off third. Then he would have struck out. If they were going to do it, it would have been with Gordon