OAKLAND, Calif. – Mitch Moreland hit an RBI single in the 10th inning, and Oakland Athletics won its first win of the season, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 Wednesday night.
Oakland risks falling to 0-7, which it has never had in the history of the franchise. However, he equalized the score in the ninth inning against Kenley Jansen.
Matt Chapman scored with a sacrifice of Elvis Andrus to make the extra pass. At the beginning of the duel, Chapman also contributed to a solo homer.
Athletics defined the duel in the tenth half with a single start. Moreland picked Jimmy Nelson (0-1) to push Mark Canha from third base.
Canha started the second half as an automatic runner and advanced to the third with a flying ball.
Venezuelan Yusmeiro Petit (1-0) processed the tenth chapter, without tolerating the annotation, to grant the victory.
For the Dodgers, Puerto Rican Edwin Ríos 1-0.
For Athletics, Ramón Laureano scored 4-0 with a run. Venezuelan Andrus 3-0 with an RBI.