After Coco Crisp blasted a grand slam and Marcus Semien followed him up with a solo shot to put the Oakland Athletics ahead 6-2 in the sixth inning, I was thinking the A’s were having a most excellent weekend. Unfortunately, John Axford and the rest of the A’s bullpen managed to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
Even with a disappointing loss on Sunday, the Oakland Athletics had a very good weekend down in Anaheim. They moved out of last place by taking three out of four from the Angels. It’s very hard to sweep a team under any conditions, and a four-game sweep is especially difficult.