For a final two games between them this year, the A’s will be facing their rivals from across the bay. The winner of the series will be gifted the highly coveted Bay Bridge Series trophy and bragging rights for the next year.
Not much has changed about either of the two teams since they split their first go-around ten days ago, except, perhaps, the context. The A’s were about to face their biggest test of the season, seven consecutive games against the Astros and the Yankees, with a general hope that the team would finish somewhere around 4-3.