They say it's better to be lucky than good. The A's have been plenty of both as of late, and benefited from yet another occurrence of the former against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Ultimately, though, the A's weren't good enough to capitalize on it in a 4-3 loss.
Oakland blew the doors off the San Francisco Giants in the final game of the Battle of the Bay on Sunday, but the first two games of the series required utterly baffling defensive lapses on the part of the Giants to permit the A's to get a sweep.