OAKLAND, California – Mitch Moreland connected on a single in the tenth inning and the Oakland Athletics won their first win of the season, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Wednesday.
Oakland was at risk of falling to a 0-7 streak, which it has never had in franchise history. However, he equalized the board in the ninth chapter against Kenley Jansen.
Matt Chapman scored thanks to a high sacrifice by Venezuelan Elvis Andrus, to make the extra tickets necessary. At the beginning of the mourning, Chapman also contributed a lone quadrangular.
The Athletics defined the duel in the tenth episode with an out. Moreland struck out a single line in front of Jimmy Nelson (0-1), to push Mark Canha from the anteroom.
Canha started the inning in the middle, as an automatic runner, and advanced to third thanks to a high.
The Venezuelan Yusmeiro Petit (1-0) processed the tenth chapter, without tolerating annotation, to prove the victory.
For the Dodgers, Puerto Rican Edwin Rius 1-0.
For Atlético, the Dominican Ramon Laureano 4-0 with a score. The Venezuelan Andrus 3-0 with a tow.