OAKLAND — The A’s offense shared something in common with the attendance number for Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. They were both dreadful.
In front of an announced crowd of 9,736 fans at the Coliseum, lowest attendance since May 2, 2011 (9,193), the A’s bats were stymied by Rays starter Jake Odorizzi and limited to just two hits in a 3-2 loss that snapped Oakland’s three-game winning streak.
After a three-game home stand over the weekend that saw large crowds that reached up to 33,000 to watch the A’s sweep the Cleveland Indians and score 17 runs, Monday’s scaled-down crowd did not have much to cheer about.