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A’s Sean Doolittle to make spring debut on Tuesday

MESA, Ariz. — A’s reliever Sean Doolittle will make his Cactus League debut on Tuesday when Oakland hosts the Colorado Rockies.

The A’s have been playing it slow with Doolittle, who was an All-Star closer in 2014 but missed two months last season with a shoulder injury and missed three-quarters of the 2015 season with injuries.

Doolittle threw a simulated game on the back field Saturday and came out of it very pleased with his progress.

“I was very happy with how it went,” Doolittle said. “It’s my second time facing live hitters and it was a definite improvement from the first time.