When we last saw the Oakland A’s they came into Chase Field having stumbled to a 3-7 start. But they swept the two game series with the Diamondbacks, also winning games 3 and 4 of what would be a 13 game win streak. Now they are 35-26 and in 1st place in the NL West, holding a one game lead on the Houston Astros. A couple of days ago Alex Hall of Athletic Nation wrote about their winding path this season.
“It hasn’t been a perfectly linear path to get here.