Nate Freiman's Bloop Reminds Us Of Another

((HT: MLB/CSN))

Nate Freiman ended the Oakland-Yankees game this way today...


The Athletics are the 2nd team in Major League Baseball history to win 2 games this way in the 18th inning or later in same season- the other is the 1967 Yankees...

Fun stats from the 3-2 win:

Yankee pitchers threw 11 perfect innings

Oakland pitchers no-hit the Yankees 3-6 hitters- going 0 for 28

The A's won their 11th in a row at home, 21st in 26 overall, and moved a season-best 14 games above .500.
It's still their best start since since 1990.

They became the first AL team to play two 18-inning games in one season since Oakland and the Washington Senators did it 1971.

The game went 5 hours and 35 minutes...

Each team used seven pitchers and threw 255 pitches.

137 batters came to the plate- still 19 short of the season high of 156 during Oakland's 19-inning win over the Angels and the 20-inning game between the Marlins and Mets last Saturday...

Oh, the other event it reminded us of...???
((HT: MLB on FOX))


Just that Freiman's went further and a little more left...

A Walk-Off Sunday In Baseball

Love it when a baseball games ends with the final at bat.   It happened twice this Sunday.

First in Arlington, Texas where the Rangers Adrian Beltre was a hero.

Alex Gordon

The 4-3 Texas win gave the Rangers a weekend sweep of the American East leading Boston Red Sox.

Meanwhile hundreds of miles north in Kansas City the surprising Royals waited until the 10th inning
for their heroics and Alex Gordon delivered.


The Royals are now17-10 seven games over .500 for the first time since May 7, 2009. 

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/05/4220137/butler-gordon-lead-royals-rally.html#storylink=cpy