Late rally can’t stave off another implosion for A’s

A’s first baseman Yonder Alonso rounds the bases after second homer of series in Minnesota.MINNEAPOLIS – In search of their A Game, the A’s continue to play like F Troop Wednesday in a 7-4 loss to the Twins.

Although the A’s tried to rally in the ninth by loading the bases with no one out, Oakland is 1-7 on a nine-game road trip that ends today in Target Field, They are 1-8 since a five-game winning streak ended a week ago Saturday. The only thing keeping the A’s out of last place in the American League West is the fact that Texas is playing equally poorly.

Kendall Graveman’s second turn in the rotation after coming off the disabled list was far and away his worst start of the season. He…