With a record of 10-38 and smarting from being swept for the seventh time this season following a 2-0 road loss to the Houston Astros Sunday, the Athletics are deep into the moral victory stage of a lost season.
Moral wins supposedly aren’t part of professional sports, but in reality they always have existed even if they’re never recognized as such by the principles.
Left-hander Framber Valdez put the A’s on lockdown, spinning his fifth career complete game and second shutout, giving up five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts in evening his record at 4-4 and dropping his ERA to 2.45.
