The A’s got embarrassed on Thursday night, losing to the Chicago White Sox 14-2 in the first game of the series.
As you can see from the final score, pretty much nothing went Oakland’s way as the teams struggled on both sides of the ball. The pitching allowed 21(!) hits, including five home runs, while the bats collected just six of their own and a couple meaningless eighth inning runs to prevent the shutout.
After beginning his Oakland career with five solid starts, JP Sears finally had a dud for his new team. He was knocked around hard and often tonight, serving up back-to-back homers to start this game (including a leadoff bomb from former shortstop Elvis Andrus), and then four more runs in the second.