The Athletics’ win streak is officially a thing, even if the setting was a little different.
Oakland beat Brazil 14-4 on Tuesday at Hohokam Stadium in a seven-inning World Baseball Classic exhibition, scoring seven times in the first inning and never looking back. The A’s improved to 1-0 in the exhibition and kept stacking positive days after a rough start to the spring.
Brazil actually struck first. Lucas Ramirez and Osvaldo Carvalho opened the game with singles, and Leonardo Reginatto’s sacrifice fly put Brazil up 1-0 before the A’s even swung.
Then Oakland hit the gas.
Back-to-back, then a seven-run avalanche
Jacob Wilson singled to start the bottom of the first, and Jeff McNeil answered immediately with a two-run homer to right. One pitch later, Austin Wynns went deep to left-center, and the inning kept growing from there.
Brett Harris ripped an RBI double. Tommy White drove in a run on a groundout. Brazil helped with a pair of errors, and Wilson added a sacrifice fly as the A’s sent 12 men to the plate and built a 7-1 lead after one.
Oakland poured it on again in the third. Ryan Lasko cleared the bases with a three-run triple to center, then scored on Wilson’s groundout to make it 11-1.
Brazil punches back, A’s answer
Brazil’s best inning came in the fifth. Gabriel Gomes’ two-run triple highlighted a three-run frame that cut the margin to 11-4 and ended Jack Perkins’ afternoon after a throwing error helped extend the inning.
Oakland responded with three more in the bottom half. Bryan Lavastida delivered a two-run single, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer added an RBI single, and the A’s finished the job at 14.
Aaron Civale earned the win after allowing one run in 2 2/3 innings.
Up next
The A’s continue the World Baseball Classic exhibition slate with their next scheduled game.
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