BOSTON -- The A's have practiced patience with their young sluggers in recent weeks, fully expecting things to turn around for Matt Chapman and Matt Olson.
The corner-infield duo may be on to something, combining for four hits and three runs in the club's 6-5 series-opening victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday night.
Olson smacked his fifth homer -- but just his second in four weeks -- and Chapman enjoyed his first multihit game of the month en route to an 11-hit performance for the A's.