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Alonso’s bat starting to heat up for A’s
- Updated: August 13, 2016
OAKLAND — A familiar scene unfolded for the A’s in the sixth inning of their 6-3 win over the Mariners on Friday night at the Coliseum.
Yonder Alonso came to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs in a tie game. He had never faced Mariners starter Joe Wieland, who was called up from Triple-A to make a spot start, prior to Friday’s game. The A’s didn’t have much information on the righty other than limited Triple-A video, but Alonso had picked up enough in his previous two at-bats.
“I don’t know him well,” Alonso said. “I’ve never faced him. He had his changeup going later on in the game. He has a sneaky fastball and a real good curveball.”
But Alonso has shown a knack for delivering with runners on base recently. He just missed a 1-1 Wieland fastball, fouling it off. Wieland threw him a changeup with two strikes and Alonso made the most of it, hitting a two-run single through the right side of the infield to give the A’s a 5-3 lead.
“I was just trying to get a strike and …
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