OAKLAND – Sean Manaea, the closest thing the A’s have had to a stopper in the starting rotation, did what he could to find a way for Oakland to shut down the Astros Wednesday, but the American League’s winningest team was able to outwait him in a 5-1 win.
While Houston right-hander Mike Fiers was turning the A’s away inning after inning, the Astros threw off the shackles Manaea had put on them for five innings, putting together five hits in the sixth, good for three runs.
That was more than enough to derail the A’s, who have lost three consecutive games to the Astros after having swept the Yankees in a four-game series to start this homestand.