OAKLAND -- If the A's have an ideal formula to winning a game, it is probably how they did it on Saturday against the Tigers: six-plus strong innings out of a starter, handing things off to a strong bullpen that was beefed up at the trade deadline.
And if Edwin Jackson keeps pitching this way, the A's have a veteran whom they can rely on down the stretch in a pennant race for the first part of the formula. Jackson continued his surprising success in 2018 and a red-hot bullpen closed out a 2-1 win over the Tigers at the Coliseum for the A's fifth win in a row.