Matt Olson s walk-off two-run double lifts Athletics over Padres
Field Level Media
05 Aug 2021, 09:40 GMT+10
Matt Olson s double off the right-field wall scored the tying and winning runs with none out in the 10th inning Wednesday afternoon as the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 5-4 walk-off win over the visiting San Diego Padres.
The two-run uprising was Oakland s second in as many innings after the team trailed 3-1 entering the bottom of the ninth.
Seeking a two-game sweep, the Padres took advantage of a Matt Chapman error at shortstop to go up 4-3 in the top of the 10th. Chapman took over at shortstop for just the second time in his career when Yan Gomes pinch-hit for Elvis Andrus in the ninth-inning rally.
On Friday crews will begin demolishing the old Palomar Hospital in downtown Escondido and replace it with what they hope becomes a live, work, play destination.
Phillies beat Mets in extras to take DH nightcap
Field Level Media
26 Jun 2021, 13:05 GMT+10
Odubel Herrera s run-scoring groundout in the eighth inning Friday night lifted the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 win over the New York Mets in the nightcap of a doubleheader.
The win salvaged a split of the twinbill for the Phillies, who won for just the third time in 10 games. The Mets have lost seven of 11.
Francisco Lindor s two-out RBI single in the seventh inning forced extras in the opener, which the Mets won, 2-1, on Dominic Smith s RBI single in the eighth.
The rally by the Mets cost Phillies starter Aaron Nola a victory despite his history-making performance. Nola struck out 10 straight batters between the first and fourth, tying the big league record set across the street at Shea Stadium on Apr. 22, 1970 by iconic New York ace Tom Seaver. The Hall of Famer struck out the final 10 batters he faced in a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres.