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Max Muncy hits walk-off in extras as Athletics take down White Sox

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 1 month ago

Max Muncy smacked a sacrifice fly to left field in the bottom of the 11th that gave the Athletics a 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

[p]The win marked the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/athletics/xIYDcQid/"]Athletics[/a]' seventh of their last 10 games, making them one of the hottest teams in the American League despite losing their previous two games. [/p][p]They now improve to 11-10 on the season and sit half a game behind the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/texas-rangers/f3GcHO7j/"]Texas Rangers[/a] (11-9) for the lead in the AL West division. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muncy-max/n17Lr7qM/"]Muncy[/a] hit 1-for-5 in the game with his lone RBI being the game-winning sac-fly. The third baseman is hitting .274 on the year with two home runs and six RBI. [/p][embed guid="ddbb3651-d28e-48e2-a80a-06e7b6fac116" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2045648834638868614?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Chicago, who had bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the ninth when the game was tied 6-6, had bases once more in the 11th, but this time with no outs and couldn't get anything done again. [/p][p]Athletics relief pitcher [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perkins-jack/KrCeLyzS/"]Jack Perkins[/a] got himself out of a jam after finishing the final 2.1 innings of work, earning his second win on the season. [/p][p]His team was no better in the bottom of the 10th when they also had bases loaded and couldn't bring anyone in. But Muncy made sure not to let the game go on any longer.[/p][p]Teammates [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/langeliers-shea/6R0z3Rvk/"]Shea Langeliers[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wilson-jacob/px8vsey0/"]Jacob Wilson[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kurtz-nick/CYOwxpmS/"]Nick Kurtz[/a] combined for six of the team's 10 hits, with the latter two hitting home runs.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-white-sox/SW9D1eZo/"]White Sox[/a] are now 3-7 in their last 10 games and fell to 7-14 on the season. [/p][embed guid="ce78e1f8-0e1f-4f8e-a263-4983c8f7a15f" url="https://x.com/Athletics/status/2045626621953233170?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]

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