Despite a four-game losing streak to open the second week of the 26-week season, the Oakland Athletics at 6-7 are only a game back of the Texas Rangers after taking the last two games against the Kansas City Royals. While the A's are conceding the fewest runs per game, they're also scoring the fewest runs per game. As a result they've played seven one-run games, most in baseball by two, and own a record of 4-3 in them.
| Standings through April 17 | |||||||||||
| Actual | FanGraphs CoolStandings Projection | ||||||||||
| W | L | GB | Since April 11 | RS/G | RA/G | Place | W | L | POFF | DIV | |
| Texas | 7 | 6 | -- | 4-2 | 4. | ||||||