ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – All we can take out of Friday night is that perhaps the A’s shouldn’t be allowed out of the Bay Area.
A 13-4 defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays would, for another team, have been perhaps the worst loss of the year. For the A’s, it was another in a string. Oakland is 8-21 in road games this year. That’s a major part of the A’s 26-34 record, worst in the American League West.
Of course, playing on the road is only part of the A’s issue. Oakland has given up at least 10 runs in a game eight times and has been scorched by at least five homers in three different games.