SEATTLE — When all was going against the A’s on Tuesday, they found a way to counter-punch.
On a wild night in which shaky bullpen work and a game-changing error nearly doomed them, A’s manager Bob Melvin was most pleased that his team found a way to overcome adversity and claim the kind of game that’s been snatched away from them too often.
“When you go through streaks like this, you’ve got to find some fight,” Melvin said after Oakland’s 9-6 win over the Mariners. “We’ve been losing games by a defensive play, one pitch, little things through this whole stretch.