OAKLAND -- Sean Manaea's rough month of May continued Friday night, as the A's starter was knocked around by the D-backs to the tune of a 7-1 loss at Oakland Coliseum.
Manaea allowed six runs on eight hits and lasted just 3 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. The knockout punch came in the fourth inning off the bat of Paul Goldschmidt, who hit a two-out, two-run triple just out of the reach of left fielder Chad Pinder's dive that put the D-backs ahead 6-1.
Manaea, who entered May among the league leaders in ERA, has now allowed four or more runs in each of his last five starts, raising his ERA from 1.