OAKLAND -- Throughout the long grind of a baseball season, some wins deserve extra time to just soak it all in. For A¡¯s manager Mark Kotsay, Thursday was one of those occasions.

A wild series finale against the Rockies began with the A¡¯s trailing by four runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Oakland tied it in the ninth, got down a run before tying it again in the 10th, then overcame a four-run deficit in the 11th by sending nine batters to the plate and storming back for a five-run frame capped by Tyler Soderstrom¡¯s bases-loaded walk-off walk for a 10-9 victory.

¡°We¡¯re going to enjoy this one,¡± Kotsay said shortly after the eventful extra-innings affair at the Coliseum. ¡°I don¡¯t want to move past this one yet. This one feels too good.¡±

The zaniness ensued in the final three innings. Let¡¯s take a look at some key moments of this thriller, which earned the A¡¯s (21-31) a series win before welcoming the division-rival Astros for three games this weekend.

Daz-zling debut
Called up from Triple-A Las Vegas, Daz Cameron boarded a flight from Seattle -- the Aviators were playing a series at Tacoma -- to Oakland at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday. He was thrust into the starting lineup several hours later for the matinee series finale, then he came up big with the first of a few clutch late hits for the A¡¯s. Leading off the bottom of the ninth, Cameron launched a 1-1 cutter from Jalen Beeks into the left-center seats for a game-tying solo blast that traveled a Statcast-projected 419 feet.

¡°If you¡¯ve ever heard a ¡®snap, crackle, pop¡¯ saying, that¡¯s exactly what it felt like,¡± Cameron said. ¡°Popping a ball off the fat part of the bat and sending it out was a good feeling.¡±

Cameron joined the A¡¯s as a result of Esteury Ruiz landing on the injured list with a strained left wrist. It¡¯s a promotion that was well-earned. Cameron was hitting .307 with a 1.001 OPS and 15 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 27 RBIs in 41 games with Las Vegas this season.

¡°He¡¯s been [dominating] Triple-A,¡± Kotsay said of Cameron. ¡°I met him midway through my workout this morning and told him he was in the lineup. He kind of blank-stared me and didn¡¯t realize what was going on. ¡­ It always happens that way, right? For him to come through, that was great to see for him.¡±

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The 10th
After an unearned run on a sacrifice fly as a result of the automatic runner snapped flamethrowing rookie Mason Miller¡¯s career-high scoreless streak at 19 1/3 innings, Zack Gelof picked up his closer with a one-out RBI single in the bottom half.

It was an encouraging sight for Gelof, who after a slow start and a left oblique injury that sidelined him for 19 games has now reached base five times in his last two games.

A wacky 11th
Sent back out for the 11th, Miller¡¯s uncharacteristic outing continued. He surrendered RBI singles to Jake Cave and Brenton Doyle before getting pulled with two outs, ultimately charged with five runs (three earned) in 1 2/3 innings, for his first runs allowed since March 30.

¡°He left a lot of pitches in the middle of the plate,¡± Kotsay said of Miller. ¡°Even though he¡¯s got dominant stuff, there¡¯s going to be days like that. ¡­ Now, it¡¯s about bouncing back.¡±

Max Schuemann immediately cut into the four-run deficit in the bottom of the 11th with a leadoff RBI double. Two batters, later, JJ Bleday followed Abraham Toro¡¯s RBI single with a game-tying two-run blast off Matt Koch. The homer was Bleday's seventh of the year and second in as many days.

¡°Toro and I were struggling to just find a way to get on base,¡± Bleday said. ¡°The way he grinded that last at-bat out, you¡¯re just trying to get on base and hand it off to the next guy. ¡­ That¡¯s all I was trying to do that last at-bat. Keep the train rolling.¡±

After an intentional walk to Kyle McCann loaded the bases with two outs, Kotsay summoned Soderstrom as a pinch-hitter. He never swung the bat, watching four consecutive balls go by to plate Seth Brown as the winning run.

In Oakland history (since 1968), Thursday marked just the third extra-inning game where the A¡¯s scored in each of their final five at-bats. The last time? April 11, 1992, a 7-6 A¡¯s victory over the White Sox in 10 innings.

¡°Man, that was just crazy,¡± Bleday said. ¡°That was exhausting going back and forth. I¡¯m just glad we came out on top. We showed fight this whole series. All the games were pretty similar. It shows our character. We¡¯re not going to give up.¡±