Jake saves Guduan's bacon in the 8th, turning a HR into an 8-4-3 double play.
Then hits one.
Some insights from the A's broadcast during the 9th inning last night:
...when Smolinski pitched the 9th, he became the 1st position player to ever pitch in a home game for Oakland.
...while the guys were ticked @ Marisnick's first pitch HR off Smolinski, shey shared that prior to last night's game the Astros were leading the league with seven 1st pitch HR during the last two weeks. "That's the way they do business."
...they joked that there would probably be a small brawl at the bat rack during the 9th.