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OAKLAND — During the Twins’ four-game winning streak, they had no issues scoring runs, hitting 11 homers over that stretch while averaging 6.3 runs per contest.
But that win streak and their recent success offensively came to a halt against the A’s on Monday, as the offense struggled to get anything going in a 3-2 loss at Oakland Coliseum. The Twins went 1-for-5 with seven runners in scoring position and didn’t have an extra-base hit despite facing A’s right-hander Kendall Graveman, who entered with a 5.36 ERA and hadn’t completed six innings since May 2.
“It was a good game, but not a lot offensively for us,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “It was a little disappointing in that we liked the matchup headed in and how we’d been playing, but we didn’t swing the bats well today.”
The Twins had a prime opportunity in the seventh, when Juan Centeno and Danny Santana singled to open the inning against reliever John …
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