Riding the high from a stellar road trip, the A’s returned to the Coliseum a little over a week ago ready to make more moves in the standings. The team had just completed a 7-3 trip in an unfriendly time zone against quality competition and was returning home to face the injured Mariners, the struggling Dbacks, and the Rays-like Rays. Things were looking good!
The A’s fell flat on their faces.
Not all the way around, of course. The pitching staff has been surprisingly solid and in true A’s fashion, incapable of aligning with the A’s offense.