When Jed Lowrie played for the A’s in 2013 and 2014 he really wanted to beat the Red Sox and the Astros, the two teams he’d played before arriving in Oakland.
Last year he was back with the Astros, and boy, did he want to beat the A’s. And now he’s back in Oakland and the Astros are coming to town. Nothing has changed.
“Oh yeah, I want to beat them for sure,’’ Lowrie said. “That’s the way I’ve always been, though. Whatever jersey I have on, I am here to win.
“Of course there’s extra in playing them.