A’S FLEX POWER! FOUR HOMERS, SHUTDOWN BULLPEN & A HUGE 7-5 STATEMENT WIN

After getting punched in the mouth early thanks to a two-run bomb from Jackson Chourio, the A’s answered like a team that had absolutely no interest in reliving the heartbreak of Game 1. Nick Kurtz wasted no time introducing himself to the party with a first-inning homer, but the real fireworks started in the second when Denzel Clarke—sorry, Colby Thomas and company handed the baton to Henry Bolte, who launched a 446-foot moonshot that looked less like a baseball and more like air traffic. Then came the fifth inning avalanche: Tyler Soderstrom crushed a two-run bomb, Austin Heim joined the home run parade, and suddenly the A’s had flipped the game into a Vegas-style power show. Four home runs. Loud contact. Young talent everywhere. This lineup didn’t just score runs—they made noise. On the mound, J.T. Ginn bent early but refused to break, settling in after Milwaukee’s first-inning haymaker and punching out key hitters when the game tightened. Yes, there was a little sixth-inning weirdness thanks to an error that made things unnecessarily dramatic—because apparently A’s baseball enjoys keeping blood pressure elevated for entertainment purposes—but the bullpen slammed the door. Elvis Alvarado and Mason Barnett combined to completely suffocate Milwaukee late, striking out hitters like they had dinner reservations to get to. The result? A massive 7-5 bounce-back win, a series reset, and another reminder that when this young core starts launching baseballs, things get loud in a hurry.