On April 8th, the A’s were in disarray. The defending AL West champions had been embarrassed by the rival Astros in a four-game sweep in Oakland to start the season, and after narrowly avoiding another sweep at the hands of the Dodgers with an extra-inning win on April 7th, they’d lost to Houston again. They were 1-7 and looked absolutely lost ... until they weren’t.
They won on April 9th. Then again on April 10th. As a matter of fact, they just kept winning until the Orioles finally cooled off their bats on Sunday in an 8-1 victory.