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OAKLAND – Some games just don’t leave room for sugarcoating.
There was no positive spin to put on the A’s 9-3 loss to the Houston Astros on Saturday, nor on their recent overall play for that matter.
“We’re not playing very well here for the last five games or so,” manager Bob Melvin said. “Before that, we’d lose some close games but we were getting consistent at-bats, getting guys on base. We were swinging the bats well. And at this time, we’re not doing anything too terribly right.”
It’s still very early, and an 8-11 record leaves the A’s just three games behind the American League West-leading Astros.