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hit a two-run, walk-off double in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied past the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Wednesday.After San Diego scored a run in the top of the 10th off Lou Trivino to take a 4-3 lead, Olson came to the plate with runners on the corners and no outs.Starling Marte“Honestly, I thought it was a sac fly," Olson said."It carried pretty well for Oakland standards, I think. ... It kept on going and Marte got off well and made a great read on it.
Oakland posted its AL-leading ninth walk-off win of the season. It's the team's 92nd walk-off win since Bob Melvin became manager in 2011, the most in the majors during that span. “The expectation level is really high for us late in games," Melvin said."I think any time we get in a position where we feel like we have a chance to win the game here at home with the last at-bat, we always feel good about it.”
The Padres carried a 3-1 lead to the ninth, but Melancon couldn’t convert the save, surrendering two-out, RBI singles to“We just couldn’t get the 27th out today," San Diego manager Jayce Tingler said."You’ve got to give Oakland credit as well. They put together some tough at-bats there late and were able to find some holes and get the ball in play.”hit a solo homer in the A's second.
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