The Athletics initially picked up where they left off Sunday but their bats quickly went quiet in a 6-3 road loss to the Cleveland Guardians.
A first-inning home run by Ramon Laureano was cause for hope they could build on Saturday’s 10-5 win which snapped 10-game losing streak. But Cleveland struck back immediately for three runs in the bottom of the inning against Cole Irvin and two more in the sixth of a game that began at 11:35 a.m. on the East Coast.
Irvin fell to 2-3, with Quantrill improving to 3-3. Neither saw the seventh inning. The Athletics dropped to 21-41 on the season, with Cleveland improving to 29-27. The home run by Laureano was his eighth of the season.
