OAKLAND, California – Mitch Moreland hit an RBI-single in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics won their first win of the season by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Wednesday-evening.
Oakland was in danger of dropping to 0-7, which it has never had in franchise history. However, he tied the score in the ninth inning against Kenley Jansen.
Matt Chapman scored on a sacrifice fly by Elvis Andrus to make the extra innings necessary. At the beginning of the game, Chapman also contributed a solo homer.
The Athletics decided the game in the tenth inning with one out. Moreland singled off Jimmy Nelson (0-1) and pushed Mark Canha from third base.
Canha started the inning second as an automatic runner and moved to third base on a flyout.
Venezuelan Yusmeiro Petit (1-0) processed the tenth chapter, without tolerating annotation, to credit the victory.
For the Dodgers, Puerto Rican Edwin Ríos 1-0.
For the Athletics, Ramón Laureano 4-0 with a run scored. Venezuelan Andrus 3-0 with an RBI.