Athletics drop second straight, fall to Padres 5-4

The Athletics dropped their series opener against the San Diego Padres on Monday evening, dropping their fourth straight game at home to open the Sutter Health Park era by a 5-4 final. Not a great way to introduce yourselves to the city of Sacramento.

Padres strike early

Starting tonight’s game against San Diego was righty Luis Severino, who was taking the ball for his third start of the season and second time at Sutter Health. His first outing at his new home park didn’t go well as he got off to a rough start and it was the same for the righty tonight. Back-to-back doubles and a 2-run home run gave the Friars a quick 3-0 lead against Sevy in the very first inning, and another RBI double in…