Half a game behind

The Athletics are only half a game behind the Angels.  This is such an exciting time and miracle upon miracle the Athletics are scrounging around for wins.  It does concern me though that the Athletics can have 21 hits one night and then 2 the next. They need more consistent hitting but when have they ever not been in need of that? The pitching has been their saving grace thus far in the season.  Usually they have a shaky first half of the season and are lucky when they reach the .500 mark at the All Star break.  Then they kick it in to hyper drive and do things no one thought possible.  This year things are different.  They have a great opening to the season and I predict that after the All Star break things will slow down.  That is my theory.  A year in reverse.