Paul Blackburn got the A’s within three outs of finally ending their two-week long losing streak. They came up one out short.
After Blackburn turned in the best performance of his breakout season, allowing four hits in eight shutout innings, the A’s bullpen saw it all to fall apart in the bottom of the ninth inning in Cleveland as the Guardians rallied for all of their runs and a 3-2 win at Progressive Field to extend Oakland’s season-high losing streak to 10 games.
The A’s hadn't lost 10 straight since the middle of the 2011 season.
