The Oakland A’s lineup has been mired in a terrible slump on this homestand, and it continued on Wednesday against the Rays. The green and gold managed only one hit in the entire game, and in the meantime they got a dud outing from starter Sean Manaea and four errors from their defense. When the evening mercifully came to an end, the A’s had dropped an all-around stinker by the score of 6-0.
Entering Wednesday, the A’s had scored only 15 total runs in the first eight games of this homestand. That included only five homers, a .