OAKLAND — One swing of the bat from Jed Lowrie did more than just give the A’s the lead. It released the frustration built up by A’s hitters over the past three games.
In each game of their recent three-game losing streak, the A’s were unable to come through in clutch situations late in the game that could have either tied it up or given them the lead. Lowrie snapped the streak and changed that narrative in Monday’s 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers in front of a sparse crowd of just 7,416 fans at the Coliseum.
Lowrie smashed a two-out, two-run double off Jake Diekman that brought home Jonathan Lucroy and Marcus Semien in the seventh inning.