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Jerry McDonald

Dazzling dose of Miller time can’t save Athletics in loss to Cubs

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mason Miller was electric as advertised, but the Athletics remain in a state of system-wide failure.

The buzz created by the rookie right-hander had worn off by the time the Chicago Cubs beat the the A’s, 12-2, Wednesday at the Coliseum before a crowd of 12,112, much of it there to see the visiting team.

The loss completed an 0-6 homestand, just the second winless homestand of six or more games at the Coliseum since the club moved West in 1968. The other came last season. It dropped the Athletics to 3-16 with seven straight losses and 13 of the last 14 as they depart for a road trip to Texas and Anaheim to face the Rangers and Angels.

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