With the team we have here, it’s another element that makes us dangerous.” But that’s Marte, he’s a guy that can change the game offensively, defensively and on the bases. “It’s always exciting to see a new group of guys experience what I’ve experienced him for a couple years. “A lot of has to do with this being the west coast, and he and I playing on the east coast, but what he’s doing I’ve seen for years,” Harrison said. Harrison and Marte spent the 2012 through 2018 seasons as teammates with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the second inning with two potential scoring runners on, Marte tracked down and caught Flores’ deep line drive to center field with an expected batting average of. It provided speedy Marte plenty of time to score the A’s fourth run. A perennial threat on the base paths, Marte stole third base thanks, in part, to a shoddy throw from new reliever Jose Alvarez that escaped third baseman Wilmer Flores’ grasp - as Marte slid under his legs - and trickled into foul territory. When Mark Canha drew a walk in the seventh inning, Marte lined a two-strike double off reliever Zack Littel just fair down the first base line to score Canha easily from first. Marte took care of the insurance runs on his own. It was Harrison’s second hit of the game, scoring Jed Lowrie, who walked, and Yan Gomes, who doubled to the left field wall. Harrison entered the game with a few at-bats against Giants starter Alex Wood under his belt during his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates and tips he could share with his teammates on how to best approach the right-hander with a quirky delivery. Harrison, Starling Marte and Yan Gomes - the deadline additions - had the biggest hits and plays in Friday’s win. “Had a little more black and orange than I probably would have liked, but it’s always better when you get the last laugh getting the victory.”įaces newest to the rivalry made the difference “My first time playing in this Bay series, it was excited looking up to see the full crowd,” Josh Harrison said. A crowd that watched the downtrodden A’s beat their cross-town rials 4-1 on Friday night to even out the series. Not for years have the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants met with both teams vying for a postseason spot, let alone in the heat of late August.Ī crowd of 40,133 filled the Coliseum stands to form one of the loudest, engaged crowds of the year in Oakland thus far this year. But the latter half of this year’s six-game series is a little heavier. OAKLAND - Though interleague, the Bay Bridge Series always holds a little extra weight.
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