It was only a little over a week ago that the A’s played the Indians at home, winning the first two games of the series before dropping the final game late in the finale. After that defeat, the A’s embarked on what has been a six game road trip with mixed results. The trip began with a couple of frustrating defeats at the hands of division rival Mariners, but the team bounced back with a trouncing of the Tigers for three and a half games.
Meanwhile, Cleveland went to Chicago and split a short two game series, and then the Indians went home prior to kicking the Orioles around for three of four games.