HOUSTON -- A's lefty Sean Manaea was denied a second no-hitter in his latest outing on Friday night, but not before he made more history.
Manaea retired each of his first nine batters in Houston to bring his hitless inning streak to 14, an Oakland record. John "Blue Moon" Odom held the previous record, with 13 in June 1968.
Manaea returned to the mound for the fourth readying for more of the same, but his first batter, George Springer, reached on a Marcus Semien throwing error, and advanced to second base on Jose Altuve's fly ball to right field.