Elephant Rumblings: A’s warming up right before break

Welcome to Thursday, everyone!

The A’s have been playing good ball recently with a 5-3 record over the past week-plus, and today go for the sweep of the Detroit Tigers. And after winning the previous series against the White Sox, the A’s have won back-to-back series for the just the second time all season. And they still have a chance at a sweep this morning.

It hasn’t been just one thing that the team is starting to do right. It’s been a mix of better offense on some days and pitching the others. They’ve scored 40 runs over the time frame, averaging out to five runs per game. And that’s with a shutout during this stretch. It’s been a team effort as the club has gotten different contributions…