A’s Drop Series Opener to Mariners 3-1

The Athletics dropped their first game of the home stand on Monday evening, losing to the Seattle Mariners 3-1 in West Sacramento and starting things off on the wrong foot.

Sears shaky yet again

Lefty JP Sears got the ball for tonight’s start, his 22nd appearance of the year. He’s had a rough go of things recently but he was coming off a strong appearance last time out and he wanted to build on that success tonight against a division rival.

Sears started this one strong getting a quick 1-2-3 first inning out of the way. The first pitch of the second inning however ended up on the other side of the fence after recently-acquired first baseman Josh Naylor swatted his first home run in a Mariners…