Athletics take small-ball route in 10th to grab extra-innings win vs. Cubs
On "A's Cast," Chris Townsend and Shooty Babitt discuss the Athletics' 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
Athletics take small-ball route in 10th to grab extra-innings win vs. Cubs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Video Transcript
And it was a big W. Let's get to the Toyota Turning Point.
We're taking you to the top of the t- top of the 10th inning.
Aleka Williams on second.
Jonah Heim does what you need to do.
You need to get the runner over.
Playing baseball, looking for something that he can pull to the right side on the ground, executing a crucial situation.
And who do you want at the plate?
King Kirk, ladies and gentlemen.
I can beat you any way you want.
I'll shoot you out the yard.
I'll just serve you over to left field and drive in the go-ahead run.
Do you realize he is hitting 487 with runners in scoring position, leads all of Major League Baseball.
Let me say that again.
He's hitting 487.
That's MVP-like stuff.
That's what you call clutch.
this is a guy that thrives in situations when the game is on the line.
There are a lot of guys that shrink up, and they'd rather take a walk and pass the baton- Yeah to the next guy.
But I think he embellishes this situation, and he comes through.
I mean, it's almost 500, so flip a coin.
He's either gonna get a hit, the chances are he is, or maybe not, and that's how good he is.
And they put it on the broadcast.
The Cubs are 24 and 0 when leading after six innings.
This is their first loss.
And for the Athletics, this is win number 16.
Their 16th comeback win, tied for the most in the American League.
I think these kind hurt the most when you're the Chicago Cubs because you're struggling.
You haven't won at home.
You finally come back in a game where the A's had a lead, and you snatch that away from them and cannot create enough distance where one swing doesn't change the game.
And you have to give the A's a tremendous amount of credit.
I mean, they were pretty much crickets from the second inning on, but when they needed to come alive, they came alive in a huge way.
