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- Updated: August 4, 2016
ANAHEIM — Heartbreak came for the A’s in the form of an Albert Pujols walk-off homer, but it’s what happened when they were hitting that might haunt them for longer after their 8-6 loss to the Angels on Wednesday.
In both the eighth and ninth innings, the A’s had a bases-loaded rally killed by a double play. Ryon Healy hit a grounder to third that Yunel Escobar turned two on to end the eighth, while a pinch-hitting Danny Valencia could only manage a soft comebacker in the ninth. As the game went into the bottom of the ninth tied at 6, Pujols went yard to emphatically end the game and leave Oakland wondering what might have been.
“Those were two key spots where we’re talking about situational at-bats, getting an extra run or two in those at-bats,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “You get in late games with runners on, you get two outs in one at-bat, it ends up being a factor.”
If Pujols hadn’t hit that homer and the A’s had managed to muster just one more run, it …
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