Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
7:05 PM ET, June 6, 2011
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
After getting swept in consecutive series by AL East heavyweights, the Oakland Athletics are no doubt happy to face an opponent from that division that they know they can beat.
The Athletics will try to avoid a season-high seventh straight loss Monday night when they begin a three-game road series against the Baltimore Orioles -- the last team Oakland has defeated.
Oakland (27-33) swept three games from Baltimore (26-31) from May 27-29, but was outscored 19-5 in a three-game sweep by the New York Yankees in its next series. The Athletics then began this 10-game trip by being swept by Boston over the weekend.
The series in Fenway Park was more competitive, with Oakland blowing leads in the first two games and totaling 17 runs.
"We swung the bats better this series," second baseman Mark Ellis said. "We ran into a couple of good teams and they beat us up pretty good."
The Athletics will try to avoid a season-high seventh straight loss Monday night when they begin a three-game road series against the Baltimore Orioles -- the last team Oakland has defeated.
Oakland (27-33) swept three games from Baltimore (26-31) from May 27-29, but was outscored 19-5 in a three-game sweep by the New York Yankees in its next series. The Athletics then began this 10-game trip by being swept by Boston over the weekend.
The series in Fenway Park was more competitive, with Oakland blowing leads in the first two games and totaling 17 runs.
"We swung the bats better this series," second baseman Mark Ellis said. "We ran into a couple of good teams and they beat us up pretty good."
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