MESA, Ariz. — Gaudy run totals in spring training usually don’t mean a whole lot once the regular season hits.
For A’s manager Bob Melvin, it’s the manner in which the A’s are going about things offensively that’s encouraging to him.
Oakland jumped on another opponent early, scoring five runs in the first Friday and rolling to an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Granted, Chicago scratched starter Carlos Rodon in the morning and had to piece the game together with its bullpen.
But that only takes so much luster off the way the A’s are going about their business right now.