Jonathan Lucroy improving consistency at plate despite power outage

Oakland Athletics’ Jonathan Lucroy (21)connects an RBI single in the ninth inning of a MLB game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, March 30, 2018. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)BOSTON — Jonathan Lucroy has not homered this season. 31 games in, it’s the longest stretch to start a season he’s gone with hitting a home run. But that doesn’t mean he’s having a bad season at the plate.

It’s actually quite the contrary. After signing late with the A’s and only getting a limited number of at-bats in spring training, Lucroy has boosted his average up to .295 entering Monday night’s game against the Red Sox.

Lucroy’s hitting this month in particular has been very…