I’m pretty sure the Oakland A’s won the World Series last weekend, so, I assume today must be Opening Day of 2022?
Oh, it’s still April of 2021. But good news! The 11-game win streak is real, not just a wonderful dream, and it’s still going as we enter Friday. The A’s are back on the road after a perfect homestand, and the first stop is Baltimore to face the rebuilding Orioles.
Oakland sends Cole Irvin to the mound for his fourth start of the year. He got roughed up twice by the Astros but then delivered six shutout innings against the Tigers in his most recent start on Saturday, so he’ll look to continue that momentum against another sub-.