The A’s spent the season’s first month riding a wave of peaks and valleys.
They opened up by losing three of four against the White Sox before hitting the road and sweeping the Mariners. That was followed by a four-game losing streak, which was promptly followed by a six-game winning streak. Out of that, the A’s lost five of their next six.
When the book closed on April, they held a 13-12 record, their third winning April in the past four years. Being that May has gotten off to a wobbly start, let’s turn back the clock and look at the A’s eventful opening month of the 2016 season:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: The month’s marquee award goes to second baseman Jed Lowrie, who opened his second tour of duty with the A’s by delivering clutch hit after clutch hit.