OAKLAND – Sunday brought to an end the first three weeks of what will be a 26-week season for the A’s.
It didn’t end well, 11-1 losses not tending to endear themselves to a team that had been riding a five-game winning streak and that wants to be in a pennant race. Even as Seattle starter Yovani Gallardo and his 6.46 ERA were slicing and dicing the Oakland lineup, the A’s had some positives to take away from this foray into the wilds of the 2017 season.
For one, they are in second place, three games behind American League West-leading Houston.