First of all, this stretch coming up shouldn't be "make or break" because the A's have been done, cooked, and done so many times. Yet the AL West refuses to let them go.
Oakland enters play tonight just 9.5 games back of the reeling Houston Astros, already losers of 7 straight as they prepare to go up against Felix Hernandez this evening. The Angels have fallen back under .500 and if the A's were to get hot right now they could make hay against two of the teams they are chasing: Texas and LAA.