Oakland’s offense didn’t even get chugging until the seventh.

Cionel Pérez walked Vimael Machin with one out in the seventh, and Josh James took over and walked Murphy. Slusser’s book about the A’s, 100 Things A's Fans Need to Know and Do Before They Die, came out in 2014 and she and A’s radio announcer Ken Korach released a new book, If These Walls Could Talk, Tales from the Oakland A’s Dugout, Locker Room and Press Box, in 2019. “That’s kind of been the theme for us this year,” said A’s manager Bob Melvin, whose club has 13 come-from-behind wins and is 8-3 in games decided in the final at-bat.

Rookie catcher Sean Murphy opened the ninth with a walk and Ryan Pressly hit Tony Kemp on the toe with a pitch as Kemp squared to bunt. “That’s it.”.

With one out, La Stella — settling in nicely at the top of Oakland’s order — doubled for the second consecutive inning when his drive toward the left-field line ticked off Kyle Tucker’s glove as Tucker went into a slide; the ball hit Tucker’s shin and caromed toward the A’s bullpen, sending in both runners and tying the game. Kemp corralled the ball and underhanded it to Olson at first to end the third inning.

A’s drop Game 1 as Luzardo allows two homers; Chicago’s Giolito dominates, A running list of Napa Valley wineries that have been damaged or destroyed in the 2020 Glass Fire, What caused Glass Fire? “He got better as the game went along, pitched in pretty well tonight too. The only difference between Jesús Luzardo, the A’s terrific young lefty, and Houston’ Garcia was two pitches. The Oakland A’s defeated the Dodgers 6-4 on the strength of Ramon Laureano’s two-run homer off former Athletics’ closer Blake Treinen in the ninth … She is also a correspondent for the MLB Network. George Springer, the first batter of the game, belted a homer off Luzardo and Yuli Gurriel did the same with two outs in the sixth.

Luzardo was much better than in his previous time out, when, after 10 days off because of the team’s positive COVID-19 test, he appeared to tire late, allowing four runs in the fifth. Terrific outing.”.

“All his pitches before this game were away, middle-away.

In 2019, she and Chronicle columnist Ann Killion were named the co-California Sportswriters of the Year; Susan is the first team beat writer in the state’s history to win the award.

The A’s have a tendency to struggle against young pitchers they’ve never seen, and Wednesday was no different against Garcia, 23.

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He allowed four hits and a walk. Ramón Laureano hurries to track down a fly ball hit by Phillip Ervin and slides to make a tough catch and end the 2nd inning “We’ll look stagnant offensively for a while, and then do just enough at the end.

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The A’s did basically nothing against Houston rookie Luis Garcia, who was making his first big-league start after just one relief appearance and who hadn’t pitched above Class A before this season. Here are Napa Valley wineries not yet damaged in the Glass Fire despite rumors, 2020's fire damage to Napa wineries already far exceeds 2017, and it may not be done, Glass Fire: Maps and resources to stay up-to-date and prepared for evacuations, Baseball gods answer A’s prayers, reward stellar play with huge win, Lakers, LeBron roll in Game 1 of NBA Finals, top Heat 116-98, Cal connection Marcus Semien, Mark Canha help keep A’s alive, NASCAR’s 2021 schedule includes a return to Sonoma Raceway in June. “For a young guy, when the leadoff guy hits a home run that can bite you a little bit and it didn’t,” Melvin said.

“Next time we face him, we’ll be fine.”. The A’s clinched the season series with Houston for the first time in six years. So I’m glad that we’re trying to keep this thing going.”, Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

“I think we take the same mentality every series but definitely when it’s against the Astros you can kind of tell our game goes a little higher,” Luzardo said. I’m not mad about that one.”. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn), A’s bats wake up, Chris Bassitt turns in gem to beat White Sox, keep wild-card series alive. La Stella then hit into a force, erasing Kemp at second, and pinch-runner Stephen Piscotty was caught in a rundown between third and home when Marcus Semien bounced to second.

“Just a mistake pitch, left a sinker over the plate,” Luzardo said of Springer’s homer, then added of the changeup he threw Gurriel, “I feel like I made a good pitch and I guess he was hunting it.

And today it was backwards,” Laureano said. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/athletics-ramon-laureano-remark-astros-brawl The Oakland A’s beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Ramón Laureano’s two-out single into the gap in left in the ninth Wednesday at the Coliseum.

That brought up Laureano, who whistled the second pitch he got from Pressly into the gap. Email: sslusser@sfchronicle.com. The matchup between two rookie pitchers was a doozy Wednesday evening under orange skies at the Coliseum. “He pitched great, he was locked in the whole time,” Laureano said. ... You do just enough to win and we’ve done that plenty of times this year.”. Susan Slusser has worked at The San Francisco Chronicle since 1996 and has covered the A’s fulltime since 1999. She has been a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America since 1993 and in 2012 became the only woman to be elected president in the 111 years of the organization.

Oakland’s comfort zone isn’t just the later innings — it’s the ninth inning, two outs, the more drama the better. La Stella, acquired from the Angels on Aug. 28 for Franklin Barreto, is 9-for-25 over his past six games. Latest on Oakland Athletics right fielder Ramon Laureano including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN

Oakland managed just one hit off Garcia in five innings, a two-out single in the fourth by Matt Olson, and Garcia walked two. Here’s what we know, plus photos of site believed to be starting point, California fires live updates: Zogg Fire claims 4th victim; Glass Fire forces more to flee near Calistoga, Glass Fire still raging through Calistoga, Napa Valley and Santa Rosa: ‘There’s a lot that could still burn’, Rombauer is safe. The A’s claimed their majors-leading fifth walkoff victory Wednesday, with Ramón Laureano providing a drive into the gap in left center to send in Tommy La Stella with two outs in the ninth and give Oakland a 3-2 victory over Houston under orange skies at the Coliseum. “But I mean, I think we’re in a great spot, I think our mentality’s great, I think the vibe in the clubhouse and on the field is great. We always have a good feeling here at home when we have a last at-bat, a chance to win it.

Wednesday, Luzardo worked a career-high seven innings and matched his career high with seven strikeouts. “Just trying to put the ball in play in the air,” Laureano said.

The defensive play of the game came from Kemp, who reversed course quickly when a bouncer by Michael Brantley ticked off Olson’s glove. Ramón Laureano gives A’s walkoff win over Astros with two outs in ninth, Oakland Athletics's Ramón Laureano celebrates with teammates after his single drove in the winning run against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

Once Oakland got into the Astros bullpen, though, the dynamics changed.