The Oakland A’s ended the month of May in a slump at the plate, but they emphatically put that behind them on the first day of June, led by the No. 9 hitter in their lineup.
The A’s exploded for a dozen runs against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, snapping their three-game losing streak with a 12-6 victory at T-Mobile Park. That’s more than they’d scored in their previous four contests combined, and along the way they homered twice after five days without going deep.
From Friday through Monday the A’s totaled just 10 runs, and for the first few innings this evening it was looking like more of the same.