First Pitch - April 6th, 2026

⚾ Welcome to First Pitch - Today is Monday, April 6th

Sunday delivered an absolute thriller out in Sacramento, as the A’s and Astros went back and forth all game in a full-on slugfest.

The A’s capped it off in the 10th with a walk-off three-run shot from Brent Rooker.

If you’ve got some time this morning, this is one you’ll want to check out. You can watch the full game recap here, or dive into the summarized breakdown below.

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☝️👇 3 Up, 3 Down
Rooker walks it off in a wild 6-RBI day, the White Sox complete the sweep, and the Pirates extend MLB’s longest win streak.

💥 Athletics 12, Astros 10 (F/10) — Rooker walks it off in slugfest

🔁 Dodgers 8, Nationals 6 — LA rallies late to back Ohtani and complete comeback

⚡ Angels 8, Mariners 7 (F/11) — Schanuel lifts Angels in extra-innings thriller

⚾➕ Extra Innings

🚀 Rooker Erupts with Walk-Off Blast in 6-RBI Explosion

Rooker delivered twice, including a 10th-inning walk-off bomb, finishing with two homers and six RBIs in a statement performance.

🧹 White Sox Sweep Jays, Make Early Statement at Home

Chicago completed a dominant three-game sweep of Toronto with a 3-0 win, backed by six shutout innings from Davis Martin and their first 3-0 home start since 2004.

🔥 Pirates Stay Hot with Sweep, Extend MLB-Best Win Streak

Pittsburgh rolled through Baltimore to complete the sweep and extend their winning streak to five games, the longest in MLB right now.

Athletics 12, Astros 10 — Rooker walks it off in wild finish for A’s

The Athletics looked like they had this one in hand, then had to win it all over again.

After falling behind early, the A’s stormed back with a huge fifth inning, highlighted by Tyler Soderstrom’s bases-clearing triple. Later, Brent Rooker gave them another lift with a two run homer in the seventh, and it looked like that might be enough.

It wasn’t. The Astros came charging back with four runs in the eighth and then grabbed the lead in the 10th, putting the A’s in a tough spot. But they answered one more time.

With two men on in the bottom of the 10th, Rooker crushed a walk-off three run homer to left and ended a game that turned into complete chaos late. He finished with two homers and drove in half of Oakland’s runs all by himself.

Athletics

Astros

Dodgers 8, Nationals 6 — Dodgers storm back after rough Sasaki outing

The Dodgers looked like they might waste an early lead after Roki Sasaki ran into trouble in the middle innings. Shohei Ohtani opened the scoring with a solo homer in the third, but the Nationals answered quickly with a two-run shot from Luis García Jr. and then a three-run blast from James Wood to grab control.

Sasaki still managed to get through five innings, which ended up mattering. The Dodgers chipped away in the sixth on a two-run homer from Dalton Rushing, then flipped the game in the eighth. Santiago Espinal came through with a two-run single, Kyle Tucker brought home the tying run on a forceout, and Ohtani followed with a go-ahead sac fly.

They added one more in the ninth on a homer from Teoscar Hernández, and the bullpen held from there to finish off the comeback.

Dodgers

Nationals

Angels 8, Mariners 7 — Schanuel finishes wild comeback after Klassen’s debut

The Angels needed just about everybody in this one, and they found a way to finish it off in extras.

With George Klassen making his Major League debut on short notice, the game had plenty of traffic early. He battled through 2.2 innings, gave up two runs, and worked around a lot of nerves and long counts to keep the Angels in it. From there, the bullpen had to carry a heavy load.

Offensively, Los Angeles kept answering. Jorge Soler drove in a pair early, Nolan Schanuel added an RBI single, and Adam Frazier came through with a big hit in the fifth to put the Angels back on top. After the Mariners tied it in the ninth and then grabbed the lead in the 10th, Logan O’Hoppe answered with a sac fly to force another inning.

That set up the 11th, where the Angels played clean situational baseball. Frazier started on second, Zach Neto was intentionally walked, Oswald Peraza dropped down the bunt, and Schanuel lifted the walk-off sac fly to end it.

Angels

Mariners