Oakland A’s Offense is Slowly Getting Better
Even though the A’s dropped 2 of 3 in New York they had to walk away feeling a little better about themselves, offensively anyway. The starting pitching struggled, well Gio and Cahill did, but that was to be expected against one of the best offenses in baseball. Especially with their history against the Yankees. What surprised me was the amount of hits the A’s were able to put together. I realize the Yankees pitching staff is average at best but the A’s have been dominated by average pitching all season.
Believe it or not the Oakland offense managed 38 hits over the 3 game series. Unfortunately the A’s did not do enough to turn those hits into runs. Don’t get me wrong 18 runs over 3 games is a great improvement for the A’s but when you are facing the Yankees you have to score with every chance you get.
Hideki Matsui had a great series going 7 for 13 with a home run and 2 rbis. He seems to be turning his season around. Hopefully this will make him more attractive to teams looking to add some offensive help.
The A’s offense seems to becoming around but it also seems to be too little too late. As far back as they are from a playoff spot don’t be fooled thinking now that they can hit the A’s can make a run. At least it may make for some more exciting baseball down the stretch. We will see if the A’s can keep up their offensive ways in Tampa Bay.
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