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And we have baseball tonight on a Sunday
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evening in West Sacramento as the A's
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and the Giants will decide the
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three-game series here this evening.
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And it's going to be left-hander Jacob
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Lopez on the bump for the green and gold
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to round out this series. It's going to
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be his ninth start, 13th overall
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appearance.
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He loved the game plan early. They're
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getting on top of the plate and they're
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pulling them.
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Another tough start for the A's at home.
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Base is still loaded. One out. And
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Willie Adamus. Adamus, who struggled big
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time against lefties, but he's got a
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good swing going. Had a huge game
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yesterday. So, still scoreless. Base is
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loaded and a 3-2 count the pitch. Adamus
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takes outside ball four. The A's appeal,
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but he checked his swing and it's one-
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nothing Giants. Adamus draws the bases
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loaded walk. That's a good job.
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Well, not the ideal start to the ball
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game. First four out of five have
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reached base now for the Giants. Well,
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if Lopez can summon a great pitch, now
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would be a pretty good time. They lead
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from first, second, and third. Giants
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lead one- nothing. And the 3-2 is swung
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on and missed. Down he goes. Got him
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with a breaking ball. Not number two.
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And here's Mikey. And now the O2 pitch.
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Here it is. And a breaking ball. Swung
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on a miss. Great job by Lopez. He did
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limit the damage. The Giants get one,
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they leave three.
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Hayden BSong on the hill tonight for the
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Giants. started out the season in the
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bullpin, then graduated to the rotation.
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This will be his ninth start, three and
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three on the year with a 430 erra.
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So Hayden Birdong, that's two walks here
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in the first inning. Shay Langalers
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comes up and I guarantee you the A's are
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going to be real patient. They know
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what's been going on with Birdong. 3-2
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pitch is swung on and missed. Strike
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three. Threw another change up and he
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got him. The A's get a couple of walks,
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but they don't score.
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Tyler Fitzgerald leads out for the
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Giants. Top of the second, they lead
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one- nothing.
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as Fitzgerald count on a fast ball up
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and out of the strike zone. Out number
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one. Third strike out of the ball game
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for Jacob Lopez. Third in a row for the
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left-hander.
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Feels like he's getting a little bit of
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life back into him. Facing the nine-hole
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hitter now and Andrew Kisner. Here's the
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one, two, and a swing and a miss from
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Ker. How about four straight strikeouts?
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And I think in a matter of one inning,
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what you're starting to see is how
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important it is for Jacob Lopez to be
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consistently competitive. just
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consistently around the strike zone.
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So, one and two, two out, nobody aboard.
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Swung, hunt, and miss. You talk about
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turning a start around. Jacob Lopez has
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struck out the last five Giants
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from Sacramento. Giants with a one-
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nothing lead. Bottom two and the A's
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will come up against Hayden Birdong.
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Tyler Soderstrom and a half swing. He
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went around strike three. That was a
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high fast ball that was way high. And I
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mean like maybe two feet high and
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Sodstrom just couldn't hold up. The last
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seven hitters in this game have struck
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out. Two- two swing and a miss. Strike
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three. A high fast ball. That's three
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straight strikeouts for Birdong. Lopez
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the A's pitcher struck out five straight
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hitters. Here's Zack Gellof.
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Right-handed hitter. He got him with a
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slider. So another strike out. Three in
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a row in this inning. Four in a row
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overall for Birdong.
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It's strikeout city now. Four straight
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KS for Birdong. Five straight for Jacob
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Lopez.
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Lopez has struck out five straight after
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the walk to Adamus which forced home a
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run. Only run of this game as Lopez
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delivers the pitch breaking ball. Swung
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on and miss. Down he goes. That's six
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consecutive strikeouts for the
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left-hander. All swinging. And there is
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one away here in the third as Lopez to
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the plate. The O2 pitch. Breaking ball
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swung on and miss. Down he goes. That's
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seven consecutive strikeouts for Jacob
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Lopez.
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Look at your scorecard. Have you ever
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had 11 in a row? Four for the A's.
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Yeah, I don't think so. All swinging.
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1986. Jay Howell is the last A's pitcher
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to strike out seven straight batters.
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One- nothing Giants. But bases loaded
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for the A's in the last of the third.
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Butler drew a walk at third. Wilson who
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had a hit at second. Curts who walked is
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at first. Giants still ahead one-
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nothing. Now the A's with a great
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opportunity here. Shay Langalers who
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struck out in the first inning.
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Langalers hits a skyhigh popup into
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left. Shallow. Ramos coming in. Still
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coming in and he will get there to make
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the catch. Out number three. He got
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through it.
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Not a problem.
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Oh no. Never a doubt. Willie Adam for
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the Giants against the left-hander
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Lopez. Adamus walked with the bases
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loaded his first time up. So another run
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batted in for Willie Adam. That's the
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only run of the game. That one is
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blasted out to left center field. Denzel
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Clark back at the wall. It is gone.
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Willie Adamus has come to life at the
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plate. His 11th home run of the year.
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It's two nothing Giants.
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Willie Adamus is the hottest hitter in
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the league.
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He drove in four last night. He's got
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two runs batted in already tonight and
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he crushed that thing out to left center
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field. Willie Adamus goes deep. Two
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nothing Giants. Tyler Sodestrom to lead
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things off against Hayden Birdong.
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Sodestrom struck out in the second
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inning. Birdsong has four strikeouts. He
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struck out four consecutive athletics.
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Tyler Sodstrom out to right field and
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Tyler Sodrom time to shine. 209.
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It's been a month, but he got the A's on
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the board here in the fourth. Two to
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one.
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Tyler Sodrom, the kid from Turlock with
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a tank.
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JT Gin out of the A's bullpen. And now
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the Giants have the bases loaded.
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Thomas, man, have his at bats been good
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here lately. A bases loaded walk in the
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first inning tonight and a monstrous
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home run in the fourth inning. Another
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full count pitch to the Giants hottest
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hitter. 3-2. It is ball four. Adamus
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takes outside and that's another run.
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His second bases loaded walk drawn
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tonight. It's three to one Giants. He's
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driven in all three runs, two of them by
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way of the walk. So Kizner scores. DeS
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goes to third. Wilmer Flores to second.
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And Luis Mtos will come to the plate.
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One run in for the Giants. They lead
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3-1. Bases loaded. Two down. Mtos 0 for
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two tonight. He drives one out towards
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right center field. On the move. Butler.
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He is not going to get it. One hop and
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it goes over the wall. And that means
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two, not three runs will score. Des is
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in. Flores is in. Adam has to go back to
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third. But Luis Mtos into the gap. An
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automatic double to make it five to one
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Giants.
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That was a good swing.
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Now the A have a shot to get back in it.
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Wilson to second. Rookers at first.
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Curts coming up.
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And the Giants are conferencing on the
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mound. Giants bullpen is working. So you
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got the left-handed inning Curts who can
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change the game with one swing. Kurts
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hits a hard ground ball to second.
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Fitzgerald has it to second. One. Adamus
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to first and got him. Double play.
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Flores throws home with the runner
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Wilson breaking for the plate, but the
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call at first is that it's out and it's
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a double play. So Wilmer didn't know
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that, so he threw home and the Giants
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are going to walk off the field. The A's
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are asking for a minute and they're not
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challenging. Wilmer Flores, what a
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stretch at first base. And the Giants
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turn the double play. Tyler Fitzgerald
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against Michael Kelly, the new pitcher.
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Fourth pitcher of the game for the A's.
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Fitzgerald drives one deep left field
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and it's going to be not caught and it
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goes over the wall. Tyler Sodstrom had
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it and it bounced off his glove and
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ricocheted off the top of the wall and
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over the wall. Maybe not quite shades of
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Jose Conco, but the ricochet home run
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for Fitzgerald makes it six to one.
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And a base hit right here on the is
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would bring the tying run to the plate.
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And here's Butler. his flight out walk
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struck out bounced to second. One of
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those situations we've talked about a
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lot. Talked about with Miller closers
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coming into a non-save situation and
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it's swung on and tapped to first near
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the bag. Up with it and going to the bag
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is Flores. The run scores at six-2, but
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the Giants want outs and they get the
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second out of the inning.
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Now the Giants one out away from a win.
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Jacob Wilson though the ultimate contact
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hitter right now in the American League
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with two runners in scoring position. A
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base hit would make it a two-run game.
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Wilson chops it softly to third.
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Charging Chapman. He's got it. Chapman
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to first for the out and the game is
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over. Matt Chapman with a classic
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Chapman kind of play to help rescue
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Camlo Dval and the Giants. That was a
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little shaky in the ninth inning, but
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Chapman and the defense gets it done.
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