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Alcantara’s confidence grows with 1st win
- Updated: September 18, 2016
ARLINGTON — A’s right-hander Raul Alcantara earned his first big league win on Saturday evening on his third try, doing it against one of the better lineups in all of baseball.
Alcantara gave the A’s 5 2/3 innings in their 11-2 victory over the Rangers at Globe Life Park, his lone mistake a two-run homer off the bat of Carlos Gomez in the sixth inning. To that point he had retired 15 of the first 17 batters he faced.
Each of his last two outings has been far and away better than his first, during which he hit three batters and walked another in a disastrous display against the Angels. On Saturday he didn’t issue a single free pass.
“After his first outing, I knew that wasn’t him,” said second baseman Joey Wendle, who also played behind Alcantara at Triple-A. “I knew he had a lot more in the tank than that, and he proved that tonight. It was really cool to see. That’s a strong …
