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Valencia’s bat coming alive after DL stint
- Updated: May 15, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — In a performance that resembled a rousing round of batting practice, Danny Valencia repeatedly destroyed baseballs inside Tropicana Field when it mattered Sunday afternoon, counting off three home runs, including a game-winning shot.
Valencia’s go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning of Oakland’s thrilling 7-6 victory over the Rays capped a five-homer series in which the A’s third baseman totaled seven RBIs, making for a nice ending to an otherwise dismal road trip for the A’s, who finished it 3-6.
All this, after he missed 17 of the club’s previous 20 games with a left hamstring injury he reinjured in Boston on Monday, before returning to the lineup Friday for the start of a monstrous series played out in front of several friends and family members, including his Miami-based parents.
“It’s just nice to be here in front of friends and family and perform well,” Valencia said. “Obviously coming off an injury, you want to just get back in the flow of things, and luckily enough, I was really able to find my timing here, and …
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