Brent Rooker hit his 27th homer of the season and the A's added two more long balls to beat the Dodgers 6-5 Friday night.
OAKLAND -- Brent Rooker hit his 27th homer of the season and the Oakland Athletics added two more long balls to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 on Friday night.After leading the majors with 45 homers in July, the A's showed no signs of slowing down in their first game of August in front of a season-high 21,060 fans at the Oakland Coliseum.
'I think he was kind of trying to get through that sixth inning after the play Toro made, which was an unbelievable play. He showed a lot of emotion after that and thus resulted in two walks to the next two guys. But he made a big pitch there against Teoscar to strike him out and get out of that jam.'Austin Adams got Ohtani to ground out with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh.
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