OAKLAND – Just when the A’s offer a glimpse of the quality baseball they’re capable of, they unveil a performance like Wednesday’s.
With ace Sonny Gray dealing on the mound, their offense fired blanks in a 2-0 defeat to the Boston Red Sox. Once again, the ever-elusive second consecutive victory slipped through their fingers. The A’s have won back-to-back games just once this season – they’ve lost 9 of 11 series so far.
Gray gave them every chance to get some good vibes going. So too, did Sox starting pitcher Wade Miley, or so it seemed. The left-hander entered the day with a 6.