ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An already exhausting road trip got worse for the A’s when damage to their charter aircraft out of Texas caused about a four-hour travel delay late Sunday.
The A’s bided their time in the Texas visiting clubhouse after playing four games in a 48-hour span. They reached their St. Petersburg hotel about 4 a.m. Monday — some 15 hours before beginning a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
“We’ve having a tough trip,’’ said A’s manager Bob Melvin, whose team began the swing with a three-game series at the Angels, then played four (including a day/night double-header) at Texas said.