Recap: Oakland vs. Detroit
Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - All the Athletics apparently needed was to get to the Tigers' bullpen.
Anibal Sanchez blanked Oakland over eight innings and was two outs away from spinning a shutout before the A's rallied for a dramatic 3-1 victory on Josh Donaldson's three-run homer off Joe Nathan.
Sanchez retired nine straight prior to surrendering a one-out double to Coco Crisp in the ninth frame.
Brad Ausmus went to the bullpen with Sanchez's pitch count at 111, and Nathan (2-1) was greeted by a single off the bat of John Jaso, whose liner to third glanced off the glove of Nick Castellanos.
'If Nick catches that ball, maybe it's a different inning,' Ausmus said.
Donaldson followed up with a no-doubter into the left-field seats, and the A's celebrated their second win of this four-game series.
The walk-off homer made a winner of Scott Kazmir (6-2), who went the distance for the second time in his career. He struck out eight, did not allow a walk and scattered five hits other than Torii Hunter's home run in the fourth.
'It seemed like (Sanchez) and I were going pitch for pitch,' Kazmir said.
Hunter sent Kazmir's payoff pitch just over the extended wall in right-center, and the 1-0 lead stood until Detroit's starter exited.
Sanchez was charged with one run on three hits and a walk over 8 1/3 innings.
Game Notes
Anibal Sanchez did everything but finish the game.
All the Athletics apparently needed was to get to the Tigers' bullpen.
Paul Goldschmidt and Martin Prado each homered and knocked in three runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks took down the San Diego Padres, 12-6, thanks to an eight-run first inning.
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