Last September, the A’s won six of the eight series they played, finishing the season off strong. The team have a good chance of topping that performance this year, with tonight’s dominant 12-3 victory already sealing their sixth series win.
Tonight, the A’s showed once again why the Rangers are their favorite opponent. Time after time, they’ve made the Rangers pitching staff look like their new batting practice assistants. The victims tonight were Brock Burke, Luke Farrell, Jonathan Hernandez, and former Athletic Shawn Kelly.
Poor Brock. Only five starts into his major league career, just eight days ago, the A’s shot his ERA from a respectable 3.