Game #2, #3: A’s Drop Both Games to NL West

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Happy Sunday and welcome to the recap of our double-dip today; a split-squad game that let twice as many A’s players and pitchers get real-time game experience!

Today’s home game at Hohokam Stadium against the Giants featured two innings of Mike Fiers in his first Spring start and he was perfect, recording two groundouts and a strikeout in the first inning, and two popups and a lineout in the second before he exited.

The road game, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Arizona Diamondbacks), featured Chris Bassitt, also in his first Spring start; he did not fare nearly as well. The second batter he faced (Ketel Marte) took him deep to put the Diamondbacks on the…