It took 4 Pirate errors for the A’s to score 3 runs and nip Pittsburgh 3-2, the winning run coming in the bottom of the 8th when Kurt Suzuki, given new life after his foul pop-up was dropped, HRed. The game ended, fittingly, when Pedro Alvarez, running from 1B to 2B, was hit by a batted ball that was headed into RF. This is how you lose 17 road games in a row — and how the A’s get up off the deck and climb back to within 3 games of .500.
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