Elephant Rumblings: Sweep Day

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The Athletics have had a rough go of it lately. While the starting pitching injuries have piled up so too have the losses. The club had lost nine in a row before returning to the Coliseum, their longest losing streak of 2024 and a streak that sent them to the cellar of the AL West. After a solid start to the season, the A’s were looking more like how many expected them to.

Thankfully that losing streak didn’t hit double digits. Oakland got back in the win column on the first game of the homestand, defeating the Kansas City Royals by a 7-5 final in the first game and snapping that disastrous nine-game losing streak. That…