Offense misses cross-country trip to Oakland

OAKLAND — The Indians arrived in Oakland riding the high of a series that had an October feel to it. Cleveland and Toronto clashed in a classic set, which featured a packed Progressive Field, late-inning heroics and a level of intensity typically reserved for the postseason.

Then, the Indians scored three runs over three days at the Coliseum.

“That’s tough to go from playing a really intense, emotional series at home,” Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer said after a 5-1 loss on Wednesday, “and travel across country. It’s hard to get up. I think you probably saw a little bit of that maybe this series. I don’t think anybody here is worried about that continuing the rest of this season.”

More to the point: The Indians hope it does not carry over into Thursday.

That is when the Tribe will head to Texas for another series — a four-game litmus test against the American League West-leading Rangers — that could have postseason implications. Between the sets with Toronto and Texas, however, there was Oakland, where the A’s tamed a Tribe offense that has featured one of the more surprising casts of characters in the Majors this year.

The starting trio of Andrew Triggs, Sean Manaea and Kendall Graveman hardly looked intimidated by …

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