OAKLAND —A’s manager Bob Melvin likes to say how his team feeds off the energy of a big crowd, but that’s a reciprocal arrangement.
The A’s have to provide some motivation for fans to get fired up in the first place.
That wasn’t happening Monday night at the Coliseum, where the A’s stumbled to a 7-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox that featured malfunctions at the plate, on the mound and in the field. Oakland has dropped six in a row and has lost its last eight at the Coliseum.
The A’s were 22-13 at home after completing a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees on June 18.