Coming into Saturday’s game, Marcus Semien and Stephen Vogt both shaved their beards.
Since then, Semien is 6-for-9 with two homers and Vogt, who got Saturday off and started Sunday is 3-for-4 with a homer.
Baseball players are a superstitious lot. Are the superstitious enough to follow the Semien/Vogt lead in an effort to get more hits?
“I don’t know,’’ Vogt said, laughing, one of the few light moments in the A’s clubhouse after a fifth consecutive loss Sunday, 4-3 to the Mariners.
Semien hit two solo homers off Felix Hernandez, becoming just the fifth player ever to homer twice in a game against the Seattle ace.