Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Trey Lipscomb of Washington is tagged out by A’s second baseman Zack Gelof on an attempted steal in the third inning Sunday at the Coliseum.OAKLAND — The Athletics scored six runs in the sixth inning Sunday to overcome a five-run deficit and beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 at the Coliseum.
Relief pitcher Mitch Spence picked up the win for the A’s, with Mason Miller striking out the side in the ninth on 12 pitches for his third save. Reliever Derek Law was the losing pitcher.The Nationals removed starter Trevor Williams after J.J. Bleday hit a one-out double to right, sending Abraham Toro to third. Law then struck out Seth Brown before things got interesting.
Lane Thomas homered for Washington, his second, in the fifth inning. It was a no-doubter that carried 429 feet and left the bat at 106.1 miles per hour. The Nationals scored once in the fourth on an RBI double by Jacob Young, and twice in the third when Young, who was hit by a pitch, scored on a fielder’s choice, with Thomas plating another run with a run-scoring single.
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