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Observations from the A’s exhibition loss to the Giants

Competitive baseball at last.

The Oakland A’s took on the San Francisco Giants for the first of two exhibition games on Monday night at the Coliseum, losing 6-2. Here are some observations.

Sean Manaea, slow but effective

Manaea got stronger as his start progressed.

The left-handed pitcher’s fastball velocity was a few ticks lower than its typical 90 mph average, hoveri. . .