WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — David Festa fell behind 2-0 to four of the first six batters he faced on Thursday. All four of them scored, three coming on a Max Muncy home run. But he settled down in the second inning and, it seemed for a brief second, as if he could be on the Zebby Matthews path.

on Friday in Seattle, Matthews allowed four runs in the first inning and then absolutely dominated for his next six. Unfortunately for Festa and the Twins, that didn’t happen on Thursday and the shaky first inning was instead a sign of things to come for the young right-hander the Twins’ 14-3 loss to the Athletics.

The Athletics had scored just six runs in the first three games of the series riding a nine-game losing streak. They snapped that losing streak emphatically.

Muncy’s home run was one of

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