SEATTLE — The manner in which the A’s surrendered the winning run Saturday was a shocker.
The fact that they put themselves in position to lose a 7-6 game to the Mariners to begin with? That you could see coming.
It was one of those nights where the mistakes and the missed opportunities all led to the feeling this wouldn’t end well for a team that’s been hurt all season by so many individual breakdowns.
After the game, rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell faced reporters and took the responsibility for the game-ending play, on which the Mariners’ Jean Segura raced home from third with the winning run on a play ruled a wild pitch by closer Blake Treinen.