A’s Starting pitchers had yet to record a victory thru the first 6 games of the 2018 season. Thanks to Sean Manaea, the squad didn’t have to wait any longer to grab a victory as the A’s dropped the visiting Rangers 6-2 in the 3rd game of the 4 game series.
Manaea dominated the Rangers, pitching 8 innings of one-run baseball. (94 pitches, 3 hits, 1 run, 4 strikeouts). The offense came alive against Merced’s Doug Fister and former A’s pitcher, Jesse Chavez, scoring 6 runs on 9 hits
Four A’s batters knocked in runs: Bruce Maxwell (RBI Double in the 2nd); Jed Lowrie drove in two key runs ( 2 RBI’s with a Single in the 4th); Marcus Seimen (RBI Sac Fly in the 4th) and Matt Olson (RBI Single in the 8th).