OAKLAND —Yes, these are the same A’s hitters that spent a seven-game road trip scoring runs and collecting hits in bunches.
In two games since returning from a 6-1 trip, Oakland’s offensive momentum has shifted into reverse. They mustered just three hits and stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th of a 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros. In just two of those 10 innings did they advance a runner past first base.
Over the past two nights at the Coliseum, the A’s have totaled just three runs and six hits against the Astros, who moved to within two games of Baltimore for the American League’s second Wild Card spot.