OAKLAND — Toiling in the virtual anonymity of a near-empty Coliseum, Athletics pitcher Daniel Mengden finally got his first home victory Monday night in an 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.
Mengden came into the game a hard-luck 0-10 in home games for the A’s, just one game shy of the longest run of home futility to start a career since 1908 by someone named Bobby Hasty.
It hasn’t always been his fault, as the Athletics haven’t often given Mengden adequate support either at the plate or in the field.
That wasn’t the case against a Chicago team that came in after having its entire road series against Minnesota canceled by bad weather.