Athletics Jolt Blue Pirates, 2-1, with Late Rally
The <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77> got a superb performance from pitcher <Kei-thing Xiang:player#9128>. Still, it wasn't enough to beat <New Jersey:team#80>. The Athletics won the game, 2-1. Xiang threw 8.0 innings of 4-hit ball. The 4th-place Athletics have won 4 straight games.

The clutch at-bat came in the bottom of the ninth inning, when New Jersey shortstop <Jesús Hernández:player#10000>, facing <Rich Webb:player#8822>, had a run-scoring  walk. It gave the Athletics the 2-1 win.

"There's a lot of passion in our clubhouse," said Hernández. "When we put it together we're a great ball club."



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