The A’s opened the day with an 0-6 record, having lost each of their first six games of the season in thorough fashion. That tied them with the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics for the longest futility streak to open a campaign, and in 120 seasons of club history no A’s team had ever started 0-7. In order to avoid that dubious distinction, they’d need to overcome reigning NL Cy Young winner
Trevor Bauer and the defending world champion Dodgers.
The first step was keeping the opponent off the board long enough to have a chance at all, as each of the first six games included the A’s starter digging an early hole.
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