The Oakland Athletics return home, but get no break in the schedule, when they open a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays in an Independence Day twilight start Monday night.

The A's have lost 11 of their last 12 games in Oakland, and potentially already suffered their first loss of the upcoming homestand before it started.

Ace right-hander Frankie Montas had to be pulled from Sunday's 2-1 loss in Seattle after one inning with tightness behind his right shoulder. A's manager Mark Kotsay reported after the game that Montas would undergo further examination in Oakland.