In series clincher over Angels, newest A’s acquisitions show why they could transform this offense

To be a legitimate postseason threat, the A’s added three offensive players to help boost a somewhat average offense into, at least, an above average one. A 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim showed how big of a difference those additions can make on this offense. Yan Gomes, Starling Marte and Josh Harrison, the newest A’s, were penciled into the lineup all together for the first time. Marte and Gomes were at the center of what’s become a rare outpouring of runs and helped turn the A’s bad habit of hitting solo home runs into a handful of demoralizing multi-run …

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