Oakland Athletics’ Esteury Ruiz hits an RBI-single against the New York Mets during the fifth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Apr 16, 2023 (AP News photo)

A’s Get Swept by Mets In Extra Innings 4-3

By Barbara Mason

It has been a tough series for the Oakland A’s (3-13) as they got swept by the New York Mets (10-5) in game three of this series 4-3 on Sunday. They got crushed in the first game on Friday of the series 17-6, also dropping the second game on Saturday in a close one 3-2.

The Mets got on the board in the second inning when Tommy Pham hit his first home run of the season for the early 1-0 lead.

Oakland hung in this game and tied it up in the fifth inning. Esteury Ruiz singled and Kevin Smith scored keeping up with New York 1-1.

The Mets had a second solo home run in the sixth inning to take back the lead 2-1. This one came off the bat of Francisco Lindor. In the eighth inning the A’s would take the lead 3-2 when Shea Langeliers doubled with Aledmys Diaz and Jace Peterson on base both scoring. Langeliers is playing well this season with a .271 average, 3 home runs and 8 RBI’s.

Oakland held the lead into the ninth inning and were so close to winning this game. Unfortunately for the A’s the Mets hit their third home run of the game off the bat of the dangerous hitter Pete Alonso and this game was tied 3-3. This was Alonso’s 8th home run of the season and this game went into extra innings.

The A’s got out of a sticky situation in the tenth inning when Alonzo, Lindor and Marte all walked with one out. The Mets were able to score once in the tenth taking the 4-3 lead.

The A’s just didn’t capitalize on their opportunities in this game. They had runners on second and third in the tenth inning but left them stranded.

Both of these teams played well and we saw some great defense from the A’s. We saw another incredible diving catch from Tony Kemp. Oakland just came up short in this game. They had nine hits in this game and continue to strand runners. The Mets only had six hits but three of those hits left the park.

Next up for the A’s will be a three game series with the Chicago Cubs tomorrow. On the mound for Oakland will be Kyle Muller with a 5.52 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM.