Las Vegas baseball fans got another glimpse of what the future could look like Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
With the Oakland A\u2019s set to eventually make Southern Nevada their home, Big League Weekend wrapped up at Las Vegas Ballpark as the A\u2019s defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-4 in a game filled with lead changes and late home runs.<\/p>\n
Oakland struck first in the bottom of the second inning when Tommy White drove an 0-2 pitch to left-center field for a solo home run, giving the A\u2019s an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The Angels answered in the fourth. Logan O\u2019Hoppe launched a towering two-run homer to left field, putting Los Angeles ahead 2-1.<\/p>\n
The A\u2019s tied things up in the bottom of the fifth when Joshua Kuroda-Grauher ripped an RBI double down the right field line, scoring Henry Bolte to even the game at 2.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles regained the lead in the sixth after Kyren Paris lined a double into left field, allowing Wade Meckler to score and giving the Angels a 3-2 advantage.<\/p>\n
Oakland responded in the seventh with one of the game\u2019s biggest swings.<\/p>\n
Henry Bolte crushed a two-run home run to left-center field, scoring Tommy White and putting the A\u2019s back on top 4-3. Later in the inning, Drew Swift added an RBI single to right field that brought home Kuroda-Grauher, extending the lead to 5-3.<\/p>\n
The Angels made things interesting in the eighth when Oswald Peraza launched a solo home run to left-center, cutting the deficit to 5-4.<\/p>\n
But the A\u2019s had the final answer.<\/p>\n
In the bottom half of the inning, Tommy White delivered again, blasting a two-run homer to right field that scored Chad Wallach and pushed Oakland\u2019s lead to 7-4.<\/p>\n
Oakland\u2019s pitching staff held the Angels scoreless the rest of the way to secure the win and close out Big League Weekend in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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