OAKLAND -- The baseball world may have seen the last of
“We’ve seen three throws from him that I don’t know if anybody in the league makes,” said A’s manager Bob Melvin, who included one that Laureano unleashed last season against the Angels. “Given the situation, \\[Tuesday’s\\] throw was probably the best throw we’ve seen him make.”\n\nWith one out in the ninth, Bogaerts ricocheted a drive off the right-center-field wall that would have been a game-tying home run in many other ballparks.\n\n“We’ve gotta be grateful for the 388 sign,” Laureano jokingly said, referring to the marker that indicates the distance, in feet, of the highest portion of the Coliseum’s right-field wall.\n\nLaureano, who made a [powerful throw home on Monday night](https://www.mlb.com/athletics/video/statcast-laureano-s-96-mph-throw?t=statcast) to retire Bogaerts at home plate on an attempt to score from second base on a single, did it again.\n\n“Again, man,” sighed Bogaerts. “I’m like, 'There’s no way he’ll do that again.'\"\n\nThis time his one-hop throw beat Bogaerts to third base. The call stood after a replay review.\n\n\"I didn’t even see the replay,\" said Bogaerts. \"But I knew right away once I dove into third, I felt \\[Matt\\] Chapman hit me before I got to the bag, so I already knew I was out.\n\n\"How can he do that two nights in a row? The next time, I won’t run.”\n\nAnalyzing the play, Laureano pointed out that he was positioned in “no doubles” mode -- that is, deeper than usual. That helped him track down the ball relatively quickly.\n\n“Good thing it wasn’t that far,” Laureano said.\n\nLaureano, who has a Major League-high 11 outfield assists in 56 games dating back to last season, wasted no time trying to gauge how much force to apply to his throw. “It was one of those plays where the heat of the moment gets you going,” Laureano said. “I just threw it.”
Chapman, whose first-inning homer off Red Sox ace