Rooker homers in return
Brent Rooker was just activated off the IL, and as a pinch-hitter on Friday, he proved how valuable he is to the A's.
Brent Rooker hits a home run to left field in the top of the 9th inning, making the score 10-2 against the Guardians
Abraham Toro launches a homer to right field in the top of the 1st giving the A's a 1-0 lead
The data behind Brent Rooker's home run
The data behind Abraham Toro's home run
Paul Blackburn deals against the Cardinals, striking out seven batters over 5 2/3 innings of work
The data behind Paul Blackburn's outing
Esteury Ruiz lines a ball to left-center field for a two-run home run, giving the A's a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning
The data behind Esteury Ruiz's home run
Shea Langeliers splits the left-center field gap with an RBI double, tying the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning
Abraham Toro bounces a ball to second base for an RBI groundout, giving the A's a 4-3 lead
Darell Hernaiz hits a sacrifice fly to left field to extend the Athletics' lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning
Zack Gelof dives to corral a hard ground ball to and fires to first to retire Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 3rd inning