Spring training is just practice and the standings don’t mean anything, but it sure is more fun to win an exhibition game than to lose it. The Oakland A’s finally won on Friday, by a lot.
The A’s hit four homers and thumped the Chicago White Sox by a 12-4 margin, earning their fourth victory in 14 tries so far in the Cactus League.
Oakland’s lineup broke out of their March slump, which was appropriate enough with the calendar flipping to April today. They banged out 19 hits and drew four walks, with seven of those knocks going for extra bases.