The Oakland A’s have the best record in the American League, and they played like it on Monday.
The A’s came through in every area of the game, earning a tight 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in their series opener at the Coliseum. And for the second straight day, the winning drive was a go-ahead homer off the bat of Ramon Laureano.
After the high of their 13-game win streak in April, Oakland’s lineup went cold for a week. They scored just 15 runs over their next seven contests, five of them losses.