Series Preview: A’s and Rays to offer quality baseball this week

Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty ImagesThe Tampa Bay Rays look to rebound from a sluggish start to their ten game homestand with a four game set against the Oakland Athletics.

The Athletics season got off to a rough start after dropping the first six. Sitting at 1-7 they ran off a 13 game win streak that was ended yesterday by the Baltimore Orioles. They now sit at 14-8 and look to be a formidable foe.

Matchups:

Monday 7:10 PM: Sean Manaea vs Rich Hill

Tuesday 7:10 PM: Frankie Montas vs Michael Wacha

Wednesday 7:10 PM: Cole Irvin vs Tyler Glasnow

Thursday 1:10 PM: Chris Bassitt vs Ryan Yarbrough

The Athletics sit with a good record despite lackluster pitching performances to date. As a team they have…