Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
The A’s failed to play the spoiler against the Rangers over the weekend. Oakland got off to a strong start to the series with a 6-3 win on Friday, and game two was well within reach on Saturday, but it slipped away and the A’s lost it 3-2. Then Texas won handily by a 9-4 score yesterday to hang onto their down-but-not-out positions in the AL West and Wild Card standings.
One potential silver lining to this is that the A’s are visiting a team this week whose playoff hopes we’d all love to see dashed: the Houston Astros.